Ensuring Reliability in the Era of Private Space Exploration
On January 27th, 1967, on the cusp of launching the United States to the forefront of…
Read More »Defending Australia’s North: The Case for Automated Airbases
There’s a constant in Australian defence: not enough people. In peacetime, the defence organisation’s difficulties with…
Read More »The ADF and Basing Options
I read with interest the recent Strategist posts by John Coyne and Graeme Dunk in which they apparently took different stands on…
Read More »The U.S. Space Force: Challenges and Opportunities
The birth date of the U.S. Space Force—Dec. 20, 2019—is a date that will go down…
Read More »Dealing with Chinese Economic Coercion: An Australian Response
Can Australia stop the Chinese government’s economic coercion against our government and businesses? Yes. All it…
Read More »The European Direct Defense Challenge: Nordic Perspectives
In an article published by a retired senior Swedish officer, Major General (Ret) Karlis Neretnieks, the…
Read More »The European Union and Direct Defense of Europe: Its Post-COVID-19 Future
In discussions with then Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in the mid-1990s about the future of the…
Read More »Threats and Vulnerabilities: Where Should the Australia’s Defence Focus Lie?
Australia is the largest and most resource-rich island in the Asia-Pacific region. It exports more raw…
Read More »The Consequences of Transformed Logistics: The Impact of Autonomous Systems
Western militaries, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), have been exploiting semi-autonomous systems for years. It…
Read More »How are A&D Manufacturers Faring? The Role of ERP Software
The dynamic global and geopolitical nature of the A&D industry demands that manufacturers be on their…
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