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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. Militaries using autonomous weapons will, if we are optimistic about the technology, necessarily look very different in twenty, thirty years in the future.

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

Logistics in War

2] The integration between military and civilian sources of logistics and support are now extolled as underpinning the ADF’s ability to respond to crises in the future. [3]. This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based.

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Shaping the Eco-System for Logistics Innovation: The Impact of Automation and Autonomous Systems

Logistics in War

It is based upon an interview which followed a recent Williams Foundation Seminar on Next Generation Autonomous Systems. Much like Marcus Hellyer did in his presentation to the seminar, he argued that autonomous systems are not ends in and of themselves, but must be seen as part of a wider force structure modernization effort.

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One hundred logisticians, one bullet and designing the future logistics system

Logistics in War

– General Angus Campbell, Chief of Defence Force (then Chief of Army), Chief of Army address to the Army Logistics Training Centre, 3 rd December 2016. No matter which military we are talking about, and as the now Chief of Defence Force remarked, successful logistics comes with the efforts of many.

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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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The strategic logistician and professional possibility

Logistics in War

The requirements for logisticians operating at the strategic level of militaries has been an explicitly addressed topic by senior leaders on Logistics In War , noting many posts implicitly support the conclusion that logisticians must adapt in some way to face what is known about the future. In some ways, however, VUCA is a euphemism.

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Finding the Right Education is the KEY

Logistics Bureau

You see I was attending a very expensive private School … You may have heard this story before, at one of my seminars, but it’s worth repeating I think, as there are a few key lessons in it for us all. You see I was a bit of a fan of all things Military. Why don’t I try to pass selection for Officer training?