The Army Robotics Expo (ARX) 2022 is part of the Chief of Army Symposium (CAS) 2022 Expo Series. ARX 2022 and is an opportunity to observe and demonstrate Australian industry Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) technologies and concepts which align to potential capability as identified within the Army RAS Strategy.  ARX 2022 is open to CAS 2022 Exposition attendees on 11 August 2022, and will be open to all Army Futures Forum attendees at scheduled times on 11 August 2022. Visit the CAS 2022 site for more …

The Australian Army invites the Australian Quantum Technology community to the Army Quantum Technology Workshop 2021 (AQTW21) within the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting on Tuesday, 7 December. AQTW21 is the first in a regular series of Workshops where Army is seeking to directly engage with the Community to communicate its interests and intentions in quantum technology, build collaborative networks and relationships, curate its understanding of the quantum technology landscape, and …

Sabre&Quill21 – Army partnering with leading academia The need for Army to engage with, and learn from, academia has never been greater, as evidenced by Australia’s uncertain geo-strategic landscape. Army is an evolving, forward-looking organisation which seeks and values the contribution of academia as it continues to develop land capability. The objective of Sabre&Quill21 is to provide a venue for senior partners in academia, research-institutes and think-tanks to learn of Army’s research initiatives and …

The first Army Quantum Technology Challenge (QTC 2021) was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 20 April 2021. The Challenge saw 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 of …

Army is hosting the Army Robotics Exposition 2021 (ARX 2021) to facilitate observation and demonstration of Robotics Autonomous System (RAS) concepts and technologies. ARX 2021 will provide an opportunity for Defence personnel including Capability Manager Delegates to view available technologies and innovations which may be applied to the future operating environment. The  Army RAS Strategy  identifies five fields that Army will benefit from in its core deployed task. These are: Maximising Soldier …

During the latter months of 2019 and the new year of 2020, Australia experienced catastrophic and widespread bushfires. As the situation worsened, the federal government unexpectedly called out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves to bolster an already significant deployment of ADF regular forces to contribute to a massive interagency and volunteer community response. This deployment was the largest ever peacetime domestic ADF operation in response to a natural disaster. As the lessons of Operation …

1215-1245: Dr Hunt discussing the impacts of the US Election on Australia and the ADF (inc. Q&A) 1245-1300: Break 1300-1400: Disinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic (inc. Q&A) … Disinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic …

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL UPDATE A NEW DATE VIA THE EVENTBRITE LINK. Our current 2020 Honours Students have just handed in their theses. They will each be presenting a 5 min TED talk on their honours year topics as part of the AARC Seminar series. LT Emma Milner (RASIGS) . For her honours she has studied a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) on cyber and specialised in dis-information and social media. LT Hugh Manson (RAE) . For his honours year he has studied a Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Civil …

Humanity faces a climate crisis that poses a threat to the survival of the species. How we negotiate the future will determine whether humanity survives and in which manner. A large factor in who survives will be decided by success or failure in war. In this talk, Dr Albert Palazzo will consider climate change from the perspective of national security and the role of the military in protecting the nation. He will outline the threat climate change poses to the operation of human-made systems on which …

As the 19 year anniversary of September 11 approaches, Director of Terrorism Studies at Charles Sturt University, Levi West, will reflect on the current and future state of the terrorist threat landscape, and the successes of 19 years of international counter terrorism. As the threat landscape becomes increasingly diverse, dynamic, and complex, ensuring that we remain appropriately calibrated to respond to threats presented by non-state, proxy, and other irregular actors must remain at the forefront of our …