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Editorial: Continuing the discussion on sustaining self-reliance

Logistics in War

At the seminar there was little pretence that a military of the size and resources of the ADF could sustain its strategic and operational ambitions independent of its allies. The seminar will be the subject of a series of reports to be found on the sites www.defense.info and www.sldinfo.com.

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Sustaining machines – logistics and autonomous systems

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. When greater logistics capacity is found, this naturally means more options open up for the strategist, tactician or capability manager. By David Beaumont.

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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Sustaining machines – the logistics of autonomy in military organisations

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. This article, I admit, is a smorgasbord of ideas. By David Beaumont. Part one can be found here. But we must not race to failure.

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The strategic logistician and professional possibility

Logistics in War

This article will attempt to describe a some of these demands, as discussed during the seminar, to highlight the complexity of the professional challenge. Rather, it is in admitting that there are limits to their capacity to control events and processes. He can be followed on Twitter @davidblogistics.

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World Cup 2018 – Transport Planning Challenge & Strategy

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

All this article explanations are going to be based on this official document, presented by a Honorary Professor of the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Philippe H. Bovy, as part of a training seminar for the organization of the event. FIFA 2018 World Cup transport planning challenges and strategy.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Many constituents of the national support base are beyond Defence’s, and specifically the ADF’s, capacity to directly control, let alone influence without the assistance of other agencies and Departments in a whole-of-nation approach. So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media.

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