What might 2021 bring the British military?
With hindsight, 2020 was not a good year for those spending the weeks before Christmas making year ahead predictions. Covid-19 was only identified officially by...
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Network-Centric Warfare: Can Europe be ready?
Many European nations’ next generation defence programmes contain network enabled capabilities. But, will Europe be ready for network-centric Warfare? The UK’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft...
Rethinking How and Who to Recruit: Disrupting Talent Management
This is the written version of a speech delivered at the Royal United Services 2019 Land Warfare Conference in June 2019. In order to remain...
The Utility of Voice Recognition within Defence
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...
Virtual War – Welcome to the Revolution
New technologies are changing the world in unexpected ways as the 4th Industrial Revolution now gets underway. But how will the spectrum of conflict different...
Exploiting Civilian Talent to Address Challenges of Future Operating Environment
Ministry of Defence, 2015, Future Operating Environment 2035, Future Trends Programme Photograph courtesy of Airborne Assault Archives, Duxford. The Royal Signals Institution (RSI) sponsors the annual Deane-Drummond...
An interview with Major-General Stephen Cadden
Modern Land Forces Commanders face a difficult challenge in ensuring their land forces are adequately trained and prepared for future operations. Uncertainty of the nature...
The Case for a Revolving Door to Command.
General Carter recently announced that lateral entry to the Army was to begin within two years at the Captain and Major level. This, to try...
Hypersonic Weapons: A Threat to Stability
‘A particular urgency attaches to defence at this very moment, for the weapons are now being tested may determine America’s ability to survive.’ William Borden’s...
Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech – by Jamie Susskind
“Susskind gives us an easy read… the fascinating section on force doesn’t merely cover the increasing digitisation, automation and privatisation of military activities, but also...