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Training of West African Pilots: The Role of Apogee-SSU

08/23/2020
By defenceWeb

US company Apogee-SSU is training Cessna 208B Caravan crews of the Cameroonian, Nigerien and Chadian air…

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U.S. Spacepower: An Update and the Road Ahead for the Next Administration

08/23/2020
By Richard Weitz

The past year has seen the most sweeping transformation of U.S. spacepower in decades. In the…

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Australian Army Looks to Add Light Helo to Special Ops Force

08/23/2020
By Australian Defence and Business Review

The Commonwealth has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to industry to provide capability enhancements to…

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Situational Awareness and Gray Zone Conflicts

08/21/2020
By Australian Defence and Business Review

As Western militaries finalise the long and slow withdrawal from counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the…

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Working Mission Solutions for the Integrated Distributed Force

08/20/2020
By Defense.info

In this report, we look at the evolving role of C2/ISR in the integrated distributed force.…

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ISR for the Integrated Distributed Force

08/20/2020
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Over the past thirty years, the United States and its core allies have gone through three…

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Reworking the Australian-United States Alliance

08/20/2020
By Erin Watson-Lynn and Peter J. Dean

Recently, the defence and foreign ministers of Australia and the United States delivered a direct and…

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Human-out-of-the-loop (HOL) Autonomous Systems in a Fifth Generation Air Force

08/20/2020
By William Gill

Human-out-of-the-loop (HOL) autonomy is expected to grow significantly over the coming decades and could include the…

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Maritime UAS Systems for the Royal Australian Navy

08/20/2020
By Australian Defence and Business Review

The Commonwealth has released more information to industry for the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 129 Phase…

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Rare Earth Minerals: Shaping an Alliance Approach

08/19/2020
By Genevieve Feely and Rhus de Wilde

China has dominated the world’s supply of rare-earth elements for decades. Over the past year, however,…

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Robotics and Ship Repairs: A Way Ahead for the U.S. Navy Fleet and their Maintenance

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