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Dassault Plans to Restart Production April 3

03/30/2020By Pierre Tran Paris - Dassault Aviation, builder of the Rafale fighter jet, plans to re-open April 3. The company is to open nine factories and offices, returning to “minimal” production under strict health conditions in response to the spread of coronavirus across France. The aircraft company posted on its website a March 27 note to staff setting out the… Read more »

Shaping a New Build Platform for an Integratable Force: What is the Role Then for Suppliers?

03/30/2020By Robbin Laird I have focused in recent months on the shaping of the integrated distributed force as the core outcome of shaping a sixth-generation force. At the heart of being able to do so is to have C2/ISR systems operating on platforms which allow for synergy management, or the ability to provide for the connected tissue for platforms operating… Read more »

Crafting Tron Warfare Capabilities for the Integrated Distributed Force

03/30/2020By Andrew McLaughlin When introducing a new capability, a major factor in its success – or otherwise – is its ability to be successfully integrated with other capabilities. This has become particularly crucial with the plethora of increasingly capable and expensive new generation capabilities coming on board, each of which may have multiple sensors which generate huge amounts of data which cannot possibly be processed, exploited, and disseminated by humans alone. A small… Read more »

The Latest Air Warfare Destroyer Arrives in Sydney Harbour: NUSHIP Sydney

03/28/2020By Lieutenant Geoff Long and Lieutenant Commander Kristen Russo Sydney residents had a first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island today. The last of the three Hobart-class destroyers joining Navy’s fleet entered Sydney Heads and made her way through the harbour, with contractors and the ship’s company embarked. Commanding Officer Sydney Commander Edward Seymour said… Read more »

Will the Coronavirus Crisis be Wasted?

03/27/2020By Robbin Laird We have raised for some time the question of whether the liberal democracies can effectively crisis manage. And our colleague John Blackburn set up a new Institute in Australia a couple of years ago to focus attention on how Australia could become a more resilient society in facing significant global transitions. With the Coronavirus pandemic we certainly… Read more »

“No-one Could Anticipate This”: A Reality Check

03/25/2020Historical change is generated through crises. And clearly we are facing one now. But as General Stonewall Jackson put it: "Never take counsel of your fears." Clearly, it is not being governed by our fears that we will do the kind of resiliency reset we need to address and to set in motion an approach which can allow for the liberal… Read more »