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Air/Space
17 Jul 2024
Developing

Low Cost Mass-Produced Drones: a Tactical Advantage

Air Marshal Chipman, former Chief of the Air Force, announced on the eve of the 2023 Avalon Air Show that Australia needs to consider and invest in low-cost mass-produced (LCMP) drones.

By
Amanda Kent
CPL Margaret Clarke Writing Award
Air/Space
09 Sep 2024
Developing

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.

By
Ryan Hodson
Australian soldiers standing on rocky, mountainous terrain operate an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or drone, as part of the 'Hyper-Teaming' experiment at Project Convergence Capstone 5, at Fort Irwin, California.
Air/Space
28 May 2025
Foundation

Drone Swarms and their Potential within the Australian Defence Force

The onset of the war in Ukraine saw one of the most dramatic shifts in combined arms warfare since the introduction of the machine gun. This shift is attributed to the wide scale introduction of drones to the modern battlefield (Kagan et al, 2024). Principally the conflict is demonstrating drones pioneering new capabilities in reconnaissance, close air support and strategic strike with virtually zero risk to the operator.

By
Lucas Page
Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel perform an assault, as part of the Section Commander Battle Course delivered by Australian Army soldiers deployed on Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom, March 2024.
Air/Space
20 Aug 2025
Developing

Lessons for the ADF from Operation Spider's Web

Lessons for the ADF from Operation Spider's WebKeirin Joyce, Joshua Vicino, Michael Spencer, and Matthew ChapmanAustralian Defence Force

By
Keirin Joyce, Joshua Vicino , Michael Spencer, Matthew Chapman
A swarm of futureistic looking drones
Air/Space
03 May 2021
Developing

Swarms of Trouble: The Hidden Threat of Consumer UAVs 

Technology usually follows a certain progression – first the device gets more features before it reduces in size. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) fill this description perfectly, and we have yet to come up with an adequate defence for them.

By
Chris Arnold 
An Australian Army NASAMS High-Mobility Launcher fires a Sidewinder missile during a live-fire certification activity at Woomera Test Range, South Australia.
Air/Space
10 Sep 2025
Developing

What Can the ADF Learn From Ukraine's Air Defences?

What Can the ADF Learn From Ukraine's Air Defences?Kurt SimmillAustralian Defence ForceWhen Russia invaded Ukraine in Febr

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Kurt Simmil
F-35
Air/Space
27 Oct 2021
Developing

A Question of Choice and Strategy: Australia’s F-35 Acquisition

Limited by resources and size the F-35 was the best, and largely only, option available to the ADF that guaranteed long term defense interests.

By
Jack Ryan
F-35 Helmet with enhanced SA information.
Air/Space
04 Feb 2022
Foundation

Future ADF pilot training - virtual versus augmented reality

Train like we fight, fight like we train.

By
Craig Wilcockson
Triton on display at Avalon Air Show 2023
Air/Space
07 Mar 2024
Developing

On the Quest to be Reasonably Informed: Recognition of Risk-Based Design in UAS

This time last year, in my first gig as a reservist, I had the pleasure of presenting to the 20th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC20) on the topic of the MQ-4C Triton airworthiness program. Specifically, I spoke about how it had been structured in lieu of any formal recognition of the United States (US) Navy as a competent design organisation for Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) or any formal airworthiness certification of the design basis for the Triton system itself.

By
Joshua Vicino
A navy blue and sky blue half circle on the left with "leadership Enrichment program in a thought waterfall coming from a head on the right  closed with a quarter yellow circle.
Air/Space
27 Oct 2022
Developing

What is Air Force’s contribution to Joint Force Effects - both domestically and internationally?

Like all aspects of the ADF, the Air Force has the need to contribute and enable Australia’s larger national power strategies.

By
Lucinda Branson, Talysha Harrison, Diana Jin, Katherine King, Josua Pekolj & Alexandra Walters
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