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The Requirements for Fifth Generation Manoeuver: Williams Foundation Report, November 2019

11/17/2019In this report, the major presentations and discussions at the Williams Foundation seminar on the requirements for fifth generation manoeuvre held on October 24, 2019 in Canberra, Australia are highlighted along with interviews conducted before, during and after the seminar as well. What is fifth generation manoeuvre? The definition by Air Commodore Gordon of the Air Warfare Centre: “The ability… Read more »

UAE’s EDGE Positions Itself in the Global Technology Competition

11/17/2019By India Strategic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces inaugurated EDGE on November 5th, a company set to reposition the UAE as a notable global player in advanced technology. With the digital era creating unprecedented challenges and opportunities, EDGE… Read more »

The International Fighter Conference 2019: An Initial Retrospective

11/15/2019By Robbin Laird The 2019 edition of the International Fighter Conference is now history. And it was held in the city of Berlin which earlier in the month was remembering the 30 year history of the Fall of the Wall. That event ushered in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. But this… Read more »

The Australian Minister of Defense Visits Washington: November 2019

11/15/2019By Anne Borzycki The Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Honorable Linda Reynolds CSC, spoke to the Hudson Institute in Washington DC on 1 November 2019. The topic of her presentation was The US-Australia Defence Alliance in a Contested World. Following a reaffirmation of the Australian-US relationship, a reflection on the durability and duration of this relationship, and the shared… Read more »

The Challenge of Operating Integrated Manned and Unmanned Systems

11/14/2019By John Conway The concept of a ‘wingman’ is as old as military aviation itself. Providing mutual support within a formation, the purpose of a wingman was established to protect the flight lead and provide him or her with the additional mental capacity to manage the formation, operate the aircraft, and make decisions. As the role developed, the most important tasks for the wingman were to help avoid an attack… Read more »

An Update on the Japanese Self Defense Force

11/13/2019By Eugene Gerden According to recent statements by senior representatives of the Japanese military as well as local defence analysts, Japan is steadily continuing along its path of active defence with the development of a new national defence budget for 2020. According to statements by the official spokesperson for the Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya, the new budget will allow… Read more »

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Shaping, Crafting, Building and Operating a Fifth Generation Combat Force

11/16/2019In this report, the major presentations and discussions at the Williams Foundation seminar on the requirements for fifth generation manoeuvre held on October 24, 2019 in Canberra, Australia are highlighted along with interviews conducted before, during and after the seminar as well. What is fifth generation manoeuvre? The definition by Air Commodore Gordon of the… Download PDF Now »