In 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…
By 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…
U.S. Marine crew masters with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, prepare cargo for a joint supply drop in an undisclosed location, Oct. 29, 2019. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a multiple force provider designed to employ ground, logistics and air capabilities throughout the Central Command area of responsibility.…
By 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…
By 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…
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Conference - Lunch Keynote: AI National Security and the Public-Private Partnership 11/05/10
By 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…
By Robbin Laird In the United States, we have tweeting Trump and the impeaching House of Representatives; in Europe they have Macronite. We have had and continue to have a significant deluge of comments on President Trump and his approach to foreign policy with little that has a positive tinge…
