By Pierre Tran Paris - France, Germany and Spain said last month they had reached agreement to launch a long awaited development phase for a European future combat air system, but it has emerged there were still industrial and political issues to resolve. What has emerged is that the key…
Advanced Acoustic Concepts ANGLER seabed and mine warfare kinetic effector is launched, utilized and recovered during an Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21) exercise. U.S. Pacific Fleet's UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate war-fighting advantages. U.S. Navy video by…
By Robbin Laird BALTOPS 50 was begun on the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2021. It was first held in 1972 and is an annual military exercise, held and sponsored by the Commander, US Naval Forces Europe and operates in the Baltic Sea and the regions surrounding it. One can…
Guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) launches a missile during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, April 25. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. U.S. Navy video by Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Clark Lappert
On April 8, 2021, the Williams Foundation held a seminar originally scheduled for last March. It was postponed as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. As Air Marshal (Retired) Geoff Brown, Chairman of the Williams Foundation put it in his prologue to the conference: "Since 2013 the Sir Richard Williams Foundation…
A Vanilla ultra endurance land-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) participates in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. U.S. Pacific Fleet’s UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. U.S. Navy video…
In this report, the key themes and presentations at the April 8, 2021, Williams Foundation seminar on Next Generation Autonomous Systems are highlighted. A number of interviews with participants are included as well as insights from earlier interviews from pre-COVID visits to Australia. In addition, selected articles are included in…
By Robbin Laird The development and incorporation of autonomous systems into the Australian fifth-generation force requires a close working relationship between defense industry and the Department of Defence and the services. But also requires meeting the challenge already seen with regard to the introduction of software upgradeable systems such as…
