Innovative Thinking Leads to Secondment
As part of the Air and Space Power Centre’s objective to provide pathways for professional mastery, Squadron Leader Chris Kourloufas has completed
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Lessons for the ADF from Operation Spider's Web
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Pointless or Populism?
This article began as a response to Daniel Cook’s recent article on ‘Turning the Tap Off – Stopping the Flow of Pointless Jobs in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)’ (Cook, 2023); as such, it will address some of the points raised in that article within the context a broader trend towards what I term ‘military populism’.
Air Power Seminar: Australian Defence Space Projects
Like any modern military, the Australian Defence Force is reliant upon space capabilities to conduct global, connected and precise military operati
Navigating Challenges in Australia's Defence Strategy: Enhancing Deterrence Through Cultural Intelligence
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Junior Aviators are Clear To Launch
The 2024 Air and Space Power Conference delivered the inaugural Clear to Launch Junior Aviator Symposium (CTLJAS).
The Weaponisation of Toys and Implications for the Air Force
The 'poor man's air force' is a term for employing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hobbyist drones or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to strategic level military effect, and that effect cannot be understated (Waters, 2018; Nadeau, 2022; Shift, 2023). The ability for terror organisations to coordinate multiple layers of effects, including using COTS drones, to destroy Command and Control (C2) nodes in Israel causes alarm. Couple this with the use of COTS drones for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, strike and battle-damage assessment missions, and the threat posed by what are essentially toys is alarmingly real.
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Air and Space Power Conference 2024: Panel Session - Readiness and Resilience Across the Domains
The 2024 Air and Space Power Conference focuses on building air and space power capability in the context of the ADF’s capstone concept, integrated
Defence Strategic Review: Air Force Reserve Workforce Targeted Reengagement
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