Useful Fiction – Fragmented Future
South China Sea 2037 Standing on the bridge of St Albans’ Carrier Queen Elizabeth (SACQE), Tom scanned the horizon, his salty sea legs working to...
Tag : Future
More range or more Rangers – the fight for the future of the British Army.
In 2015 the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, stated that the British Army had ‘bent [itself] significantly out of shape from...
Der Verlorne Haufen: Chapter 15
Uncrewed into the urban Just offshore, Sublanders silently waiting on the seafloor begin to hum and stir as electric pumps force water out of tanks,...
The British way in AI warfare.
Artificial Intelligence is of the moment, you might have noticed. It features prominently in the UK’s recent Integrated Security and Defence Review. The head of...
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...
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...