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The first Army Quantum Technology Challenge (QTC 2021) will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 20 April 2021. The Challenge will see teams of Australia’s world-leading quantum scientists and engineers compete to show how quantum technologies can conceptually deliver Army unprecedented capabilities, including: Making the ground transparent: imaging what is hidden subterranean Resupplying troops in battle quickly, safely and efficiently: optimisation of large-scale resupply by squads …
Australian Army Research Centre Spotlight Briefs provide a periodically released curated overview of issues relevant to Australian Landpower. Spotlight Briefs derive solely from available open source material. Inclusion of material in a Spotlight Brief does not imply or reflect Australian Army, Australian Defence Force or Australian Commonwealth Government policy. The below is a focus on the ‘Our Region’ section of Spotlight Brief No. 1, 2021, which can be viewed fully here. Vietnam and the search for …
Australian Army Research Centre Spotlight Briefs provide a periodically released curated overview of issues relevant to Australian Landpower. Spotlight Briefs derive solely from available open source material. Inclusion of material in a Spotlight Brief does not imply or reflect Australian Army, Australian Defence Force or Australian Commonwealth Government policy. The below is a focus on the ‘Geostrategic Dynamics’ section of Spotlight Brief 1/21, which can be viewed fully here. Seizing on weakness: Allied …
We are pleased to introduce a new Australian Army Research Centre publication – the Spotlight Brief . Developed by our Strategic Assessments team, Spotlight Briefs provide a curated overview of issues relevant to Australian Landpower. They derive solely from available open source material. Importantly, inclusion of material in a Spotlight Brief does not imply or reflect Australian Army, Australian Defence Force or Australian Commonwealth Government policy. The brief will be published monthly and will be …
In his latest book , the soldier-scholar David Kilcullen lays out his ideas of how state and non-state actors adapt, including a discussion on the recent evolution of drones in war. The early chapters neatly document recent advances in commercially-derived drone technology, armaments, and tactical employment, presciently predicting many features of the current Nagorno-Karabakh conflict . One of the more troubling conclusions he draws is the increasing ability of these systems to operate without command …
Welcome to the Australian Army’s Land Power Forum and the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) website . The Forum is a place for writers – and readers – to describe or consider the future of the Australian Army. It has also been a gateway to other research products developed by or for the AARC. These include: the Australian Army Journal, Occasional Papers and Research Reports, and the proceedings of seminars and other events. Most importantly, the Forum has been a way in which authors can engage with …
The economy is going through its most significant economic crisis since the Great Depression, nearly 90 years ago. This crisis has exposed the Australian economy’s structural weaknesses, and consequently, brought the issue of the military’s own long-term financial resilience into focus. From the military’s perspective, the relevant question is ‘ what comes next ’. Specifically, the military needs to confront two critically important questions: How will this ongoing economic crisis impact the military’s own …
How can we generate more land capability mass at less cost? The Chief of Army has asked us to think differently. My earlier article challenged the assumption that only a full-time organisation can deliver ‘high-end’ competencies for modern warfare fighting – using the example of the Swiss militia army of the Cold War. This article looks at a very different part-time force. The British Territorial Army (TA) of the Cold War received less formal training than the contemporary Australian reserve, yet it was …
Global demographic trends and urbanisation are combining to increase the size and density of cities… Conflict will be fought underground, in jungles, swamps, deserts, mountains and wherever people are, and increasingly in urban and littoral areas, the electromagnetic spectrum and the cyber and information domains. Army’s Contribution to Defence Strategy , Edition 2, pages 18-20. Reflecting common consensus, empirical evidence and even vicarious experience (Mosul, Marawi), the Australia Army’s most recent …
This is the fifth blog in a series benchmarking the French Army – the armée de Terre. To date, this series has ‘benchmarked’ the armée de Terre , its culture , its structure and its people capability . This post will analyse the French Army’s approach to training. In doing so, it will highlight points of convergence relevant to the increasingly important Army/armée de Terre partnership. The author currently serves as Army’s Liaison Officer to the armée de Terre in France. Many are familiar with the proverb …
