The Kestrel Papers 2025 - A Selection of Essays on Air Power
The Kestrel Papers Series is a compilation of essays written by a number of young military professionals who have endeavoured to study air and spac
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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.
Asymmetry and Air Power: Exquisite Investment or Extraneous Irrelevance
The RAAF has evolved as an Air Force based on the lessons of 20th century Air Power to become a ‘model’ mid-sized Air Force with an exquisite, mode
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Group Captain David Millar
The RAAF’s Fundamental Business: An Evaluation of RAAF Air Power Education
Considerable resources have so far been expended on the RAAF air power education program but few, if any, performance measures are in place to assess whether those resources are being effectively and efficiently employed.
Project Asteria 2019: Space Debris, Space Traffic Management and Space Sustainability
Project ASTERIA 2019 is a collaborative project between writers from the Air Power Development Centre (APDC) and the Australia New Zealand Space La
Defence Strategic Review and Adapt: Implementing DSR as a Wargame
Defence Strategic Review and Adapt: Implementing DSR as a Wargame
David Hood
Australian Defence Force
2018 RAAF Air Power Conference
On 20-21 March 2018, the Royal Australian Air Force will be conducting its biennial Air Power Conference.
Air and Space Power Conference 2024: Always Operating - Organisational, Structural and Cultural Elements by Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, AO, CSC
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
Whats all the hype about Defence Space Command
Space Command should make deliberate decisions on its organisational design by working through each element that will enable the Executive to bypass the constraints of traditional Services. a true representation of Space Command’s successful establishment will be observed when it is considered as part of Australia’s national power and used as such by the Government.
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