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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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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

Graig attends Many industry related conferences and seminars to help continue his knowledge of this ever-changing industry. Its primary activity is distributing Veteran’s wreaths for placement on graves in military cemeteries. Its primary activity is distributing Veteran’s wreaths for placement on graves in military cemeteries.

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Delving into the dark recesses – how do we sustain self-reliance?

Logistics in War

Logistics has long been regarded as a crucial component of military capability, and the supply and support given to armed forces a major constituent of operational success. On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance.

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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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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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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. War won’t always begin when the first shots are fired.’

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