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Sustaining machines – the logistics of autonomy in military organisations

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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

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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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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

This debate is being litigated through the Williams Foundation who are running a seminar on the topic during August 2018. . Nations are naturally competitive, and one of the principle roles for standing militaries is to deter others from undertaking military action within this competition.

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

Logistics in War

This article was recently published at [link] and has been reproduced here with permission. It is based upon an interview which followed a recent Williams Foundation Seminar on Next Generation Autonomous Systems. The two articles discussing ‘Sustaining machines’ can be found here and here. By Robbin Llaird.