The adaption advantage in near peer war is fleeting. To gain and maintain an edge combatants must develop an adaption loop that copies or counters and then repeats. ⬇️
For the 2026 Chief of Army Symposium in Perth, the new Chief of Army chose the theme ‘Hardwired for Adaption’. During one of the keynotes Military theorist Jim Storr described
Space. The newest warfighting domain is now congested, contested and features kinetic and non kinetic weapons in orbit… ⬇️
The US Secretary of the Air Force confirmed that Space Force has interceptors in orbit in his recent address to the Air & Space Forces Association as he noted that
The world is relearning how difficult it is to reconstitute when war is large and long. Being ready for war is more than being ready to fight tonight. ⬇️
The constraints of war are not new. Shell hunger, insufficient food & fibre and manpower shortages are all challenges Ukraine and Russia are facing as we speak. Missile magazine depth
Could large uncrewed surface vessels be the next AUKUS opportunity — a way to increase combat mass and scale sustainably? ⬇️
Recently UK’s First Sea Lord delivered a compelling speech on the Royal Navy’s hybrid fleet strategy and the urgent need to adopt uncrewed systems to generate combat mass: “This paradigm
Gaining advantage in long and large war is temporary. Adversaries adapt and overcome. For now, Ukraine appears to have the adaption edge. ⬇️
For the first time in some years it appears Ukraine has been able to obtain a clear edge in battle. The impact of Russia’s scaled long range strike is increasingly
The United States is looking to rapidly expand its munitions stocks. Thousands of low cost containerised missiles will built a high-low mix. ⬇️
Our Western way of war is not sustainable when the war is long and large. Million dollar missiles with artisan assembly lines and delivery times in years aren’t going to
The US Army is working on a prototype that could see a marked step up in the evolution of Long Range Fires and Air & Missile Defence. ⬇️
For many years the US Army has been experimenting with an Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML). The AML prototype was derived from a HIMARS launcher but introduced autonomous driving features and
The strait of Hormuz is a sideshow. We need to be preparing for the main game. You can’t mobilise from a standing start – time to get ready! ⬇️
While all eyes are on the unfolding conflict in the Middle East, the Indo Pacific is the decisive theatre for Australia’s focus. Being ready and resilient is essential and we
Manufacturing is not something we can afford to just offshore. Captains of Industry, Arsenal apprentices and Machinists for the military are key. ⬇️
First Breakfast has a great short read on their Substack on ‘Laying the Cultural Foundation for Reindustrialization’ that we thoroughly recommend to you. The TLDR version is we need to
Slowly but surely uncrewed systems are teaming with high end crewed platforms. A high-low mix is emerging on air, land and sea. ⬇️
Slowly but surely uncrewed systems are teaming with high end crewed platforms. A high-low mix is emerging on air, land and sea. ⬇️ We’ll focus today on the air domain