Automation and Technology Archives

Sharpening The UK Defence’s Edge in the 2020s: General Sir Patrick Sanders’s speech to the UK Strategic Command Conference at RUSI.

General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC GenMay 26, 2021May 26, 2021

by General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC GenMay 26, 2021May 26, 20210810

This is a transcript of the speech given by General Sir Patrick Sanders to the UK Strategic Command Conference at RUSI on 26 May 2021....

Architecting the Information Age War

Martin CrillyFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021

by Martin CrillyFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 202101002

It is folly to plan to fight the information age war using contemporary technologies fixed to industrial age CONOPS and platforms. We need new Information...

The only real stealth environment

Paul BeaverFebruary 5, 2021February 4, 2021

by Paul BeaverFebruary 5, 2021February 4, 20212 836

Forget about the boomerang shaped stealth bomber or supposedly stealthy fighter aircraft. The surface of the earth and the air above it is now becoming...

Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy

John PetchJanuary 8, 2021January 5, 2021

by John PetchJanuary 8, 2021January 5, 20210923

Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the power of the British Public to volunteer their...

Hacking Brains: Enhancing Soldier Cognitive Performance

Gareth WJune 25, 2020June 14, 2020

by Gareth WJune 25, 2020June 14, 202012014

Hacking Brains: Enhancing Soldier Cognitive Performance. A necessary and inevitable future for the British Army....

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

Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 2020

by Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 202002593

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, 202002988

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, 202002560

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, 201903131

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, 201902002

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...