Army’s Kill Chain and Targeting Automation for the Defence of Australia The fourth industrial revolution has heralded an era of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and robotics that represents vast potential benefits for the Australian Army. [1] One key area that these innovations could aid is the Army’s growing indirect fires and targeting responsibilities. This is evident in four key areas. Firstly, new AI and robotic technologies can bridge the Army’s indirect firepower gap above the formation …

Automated Detection of Pre-Incident Indicators in Australian Emergency Response and Defence Capabilities In a world where the landscape of threats and vulnerabilities is constantly evolving, it is paramount for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to recognise that seemingly innocuous events may harbor deeper implications. The fundamental importance of this realisation lies in the fact that these innocuous events, often dismissed as insignificant, can potentially serve as the first ripples in a larger, …

Adam Wawrzkowicz is a Sergeant in the Australian Army with 17 years’ service across two corps. Adam has been posted to tactical and instructional units, brigade headquarters, theatre operational headquarters and has been seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He deployed on multiple operations including to Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Iraq and Solomon Islands. … Adam …

James Alexander has over 20 years’ experience in Security Management, Operational Security, Vulnerability Analyses, Training and Capability Development. He has extensive international experience from 10 years’ service in the Australian Special Forces (SASR) where he operated in austere environments across the South Pacific, SE Asia, Africa and the Middle East. James has delivered security management solutions and vulnerability analyses for the ADF, private organisations and the humanitarian sector. Prior …

In part one , this Post examined the concept of littoral manoeuvre including its reference within the 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR) , the definition of the relevant terms and the capability of platforms used in the littoral domain. The article proposed that littoral manoeuvre should be a concept that represents the holistic capability of littoral manoeuvre vessels transporting land capabilities. As such, littoral manoeuvre is the use of the littoral to achieve positional advantage to influence the …

Littoral Manoeuvre is a major focus for this year’s research by the Australian Army Research Centre , a topic of the 2023 Chief of Army’s History Conference, and a core theme for  the next volume of the Australian Army Journal. Given its importance, this Land Power Forum post provides some background research regarding the term. It argues that the term ‘littoral’ reflects the projection of land power from the sea to the land, which in turn allows land capabilities to influence the sea. The use of the term …

‘Army’s approach to accelerated preparedness’ The scale, scope, concurrency and intensity of conceived future conflicts will require land force mobilisation. The allocation of resources to, across and between operations will vary as the strategic context and direction changes, and for which Army will need to be prepared. When the Government released the Defence Strategic Review 2023 , it called for ‘tangible enhancement to our warfighting capability and to self-reliance in National Defence’ through …

Australian policymakers have long recognised that the resilience of Southeast Asia, as a region bordering the nation’s northern approaches, is fundamental to Australia’s national security. Australian Army Occasional Paper 17 examines how the Australian defence community, with its extensive array of networks in Southeast Asia, can best engage the region in the years ahead.     … Occasional Paper 17 released - Southeast Asia’s Security …

Dr Abdul Rahman Yaacob is a Research Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute. His research interests include Southeast Asia’s defence and security issues and the region’s relations with major powers. Concurrently, he is assisting in the ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program at the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. Before joining the Lowy Institute, he completed a PhD at the ANU’s National Security College, focusing on Singapore’s …

Dr Gatra Priyandita is an analyst at the Cyber, Technology and Security Program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. He is also currently a visiting fellow at ANU’s Department of Political and Social Change. Gatra is a political scientist by training and specialises in the study of cyber politics in emerging economies, as well as foreign policy and security issues in Southeast Asia. He holds a PhD in Political Science from ANU. … Gatra …