Australia’s spending on the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) is set to soar to new heights after a successful test in which the fighter-like drone demonstrated its ability to shoot down an …
Articles by: "Malcolm Davis"
The Australian Defence Force needs to expand and accelerate acquisition of autonomous equipment to achieve a rapid increase in force-structure numbers and capability. This is necessary to reinforce Australia’s strategy of deterrence by denial and …
Amid delays and cost blowouts in Defence, the Australian government on 1 December announced a sweeping overhaul of Defence procurement with the creation of a Defence Delivery Agency (DDA). This will occur from the merger …
Australia should consider implementing a wall of drones to its north, to enhance its strategy of denial, consistent with its unique strategic and operational circumstances. Such a drone wall would contribute to the Australian Defence …
China is clearly thinking ambitiously about long-range power projection with autonomous aircraft. Pictures have emerged of large new Chinese uncrewed aircraft of a configuration remarkably like the United States’ B-2A Spirit and B-21 Raider bombers. …
Risk of failure is growing for AUKUS Pillar Two, the mechanism intended to turbocharge technology cooperation and deliver advanced military capabilities to the armed forces of Australia, the UK and the US. Lacking momentum and …
With a contract to information technology company Leidos for sustaining a command-and-control system, Australia has made an important step towards ensuring it can deploy its armed forces to greatest operational effect. The contract covers support …
An article in The Strategist by Mike Keating and Jon Stanford on 22 August calling for abandoning the nuclear-submarine element of AUKUS is unconvincing. Most fundamentally, the authors, while arguing that the agreement aligns Australia …
If all goes to plan, Australia will receive its first made-in-Japan frigate in 2029. The choice of the upgraded Mogami design of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, announced today, means the Royal Australian Navy will replace its …
Australia’s next National Defence Strategy (NDS) statement, expected in early 2026, will focus on strengthening the Australian Defence Force’s ability to implement a military strategy of denial. This will likely include requirements for more capability …
Far from being a prospect for the distant future, the era of autonomous systems on (and off) the battlefield is here. Mass is back in warfare, not through much larger armies, but through growing numbers …
Australia must be prepared for limited nuclear war in the Indo-Pacific, be it over Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, or beyond. It should understand what such a conflict would mean for regional and global security, and …