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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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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

During a logistics course in late 2017, I was asked to consider what the traits and behaviours of the strategic ‘future logistician’ might be. [1] This article will attempt to describe a some of these demands, as discussed during the seminar, to highlight the complexity of the professional challenge. By David Beaumont.

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When Coincidence Meets Determination – An Interview with Rob O’Byrne

Logistics Bureau

We wanted a bureau of services , including management consulting, recruiting, training and systems. We tried a few things in the early days like starting our own recruitment company and training business. I decided to join the military high school. Rob recently started training for his third Camino pilgrimage walk across Spain.

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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.