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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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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. Automation offers military logisticians tremendous advantages and has to be a part of their future. By David Beaumont. Automated and autonomy in logistics.

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Building on bedrock or sinking into quicksand – a report on Sustaining Self-Reliance

Logistics in War

. ‘Supply chain security continues to occupy our minds as we intermingle our desire for national prosperity through global trade with our desire to prevent the loss of native capacity to build military capability, mobilise and sustain operations. Present day convenience will likely cost the future ADF dearly.

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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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Realising the sustainable joint land force

Logistics in War

Two decades ago, as Western militaries confronted a new strategic paradigm with declarations that a ‘revolution in military affairs’ was underway, the US Army Chief of Staff General Reimers declared: ‘There will not be a revolution in military affairs unless there is a revolution in military logistics’ (1996).

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Call for submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations

Logistics in War

On 11 April 2018, the Foundation will be holding a seminar examining this topic. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue will run a #selfsustain series to generate discussion and enable those that cannot attend the ability to gain a perspective on the topic. Alternatively, you can always contact logisticsinwar@outlook.com.

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