Automation and Technology Archives

Faster, Stronger, Quicker, Decisive = Better Soldiers: The Case For Performance Enhancement

Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 2020

by Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 202001421

With an increasing likelihood of technological parity in traditional military technology, militaries are identifying new ways of operating. Hence the interest in information advantage or...

Cognitive Agility & The Thinking Approach Space

Rob Hutton, Paddy Turner and Martin JonesFebruary 18, 2020February 16, 2020

by Rob Hutton, Paddy Turner and Martin JonesFebruary 18, 2020February 16, 202001780

This article proposes a model for thinking about thinking: The Thinking Approach Space...

Dangerous Knowledge?

Gareth WFebruary 4, 2020February 3, 2020

by Gareth WFebruary 4, 2020February 3, 202001559

There is a great deal of suspicion and mistrust about enhancement. The Royal Society’s iHuman report and the earlier AARP study of attitudes in the...

A coming bio-tech revolution in warfare

Gareth WDecember 12, 2019December 9, 2019

by Gareth WDecember 12, 2019December 9, 201901943

Following a spate of reports and public announcements over the summer of 2019 it appears the potential for a bio-tech revolution is fast approaching. The...

The Utility of Voice Recognition within Defence

Maj HNovember 12, 2019November 11, 2019

by Maj HNovember 12, 2019November 11, 201901244

Voice related technology, combined with AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning, presents an opportunity for a revolutionary jump in how intelligence is processed and exploited...

Big Toys: British, Ground-Launched, Long-Range Precision Strike

ChrisSeptember 19, 2019September 18, 2019

by ChrisSeptember 19, 2019September 18, 201902151

As technology rapidly evolves, large-scale armoured warfare between peer enemies appears increasingly anachronistic and improbable . In particular, developments in conventional Long-Range Precision Strike systems have undoubtedly...

Professional commentary in the public domain: advice from an occasional Naval dissident

Rear Admiral (Retd) James GoldrickJuly 3, 2019July 2, 2019

by Rear Admiral (Retd) James GoldrickJuly 3, 2019July 2, 201901391

I am a digital immigrant, despite having been taught basic computer programming at University in the 1970s and operating and managing combat data systems and...

Recruiting the Network Generation – A Viral Approach

WO1 Chris BrownJune 25, 2019June 17, 2019

by WO1 Chris BrownJune 25, 2019June 17, 201901456

Executive Summary The British Military are trying to recruit millennials, but they are already in the military, we need to look to recruiting the Network...

Scaring the Bear – Russia and Future Armour

Will F OwenJune 13, 2019June 13, 2019

by Will F OwenJune 13, 2019June 13, 201903177

To state that the greatest threat to a tank is another tank is a faith-based assertion that lacks technical veracity. Nothing about the new Russian...

The Case for Innovation

British Army Innovation TeamJune 7, 2019June 6, 2019

by British Army Innovation TeamJune 7, 2019June 6, 201901812

In 2016 the announcement of the Defence Innovation Initiative by the Secretary of State for Defence placed renewed emphasis on innovation as a way of...