Jun 2010, Vol. 13, No. 1
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June 2010 , No: 1
The Australian Army: Small but Adaptable
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dr Andrew Davies considers the capabilities of the Australian Army and how it hsould approach its next Defence White Paper
Aerospace, Defence Management, Land Forces
Alternative Energy Solutions for the US Army
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Tony Bui explains how the US army are using alternative energy sources
The Electric Warship: Using Energy More Efficiently
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Professor Chris Hodge examines the benefits of electric drive for ships
Maritime Forces
Electric Vehicles: Challenges and Solutions
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Catherine Hutt discusses the advantage of electric drive for vehicles
Organisational Culture And Defence Acquisition: A Key Internal Factor For MoD
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dr Charles Kirke discusses the effect of Minsitry of Defence sub-cultures on approaching system change
Risk Management in Defence Procurement
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Chris Maughan looks at the latest evidence on how risk is being managed in defence procurement and states what still needs to be done.
Law and Ethics
Progressing Team Complex Weapons
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Steve Wadey reports on the progress made through Team Complex Weapons since 2005
Intelligence
NCO in Germany: Still a Long Way to Go
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Ina Wiesner discusses network-centric operations in Germany
Technology
Network Enabled Capability: A UK Perspective
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Iain Standen discusses the future of the UK concept of network-enabled capability (NEC)
Technology
The Robotic Boat
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Keith Henderson discusses the benefits of unmanned maritime and surface vehicles
Technology
Development of UAV Sensors and Information Management
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Steve Roberts considers sensors, sensor integration and information management with unmanned vehicles
Technology
Commercialising Robotic and Unmanned Systems
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dewar Donnithorne-Tait discusses what must be done to allow robotics systems to work alongside those that are manned
Aerospace, Land Forces, Maritime Forces
Unmanned Aerial Systems: a Challenge to European Industry?
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Keith Hayward examines the European approach to unmanned aerial vehicles
UCAVs: A New Kind of Air Power?
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dr Norman Friedman makes the case for the unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) and says that they will cost far less than manned aircraft.
Aerospace
Air Power and Technology: A Tentative Approach to the Year 2025 and Beyond
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Colonel Basilio Di Martino considers trends and capabilities significant for the future of air power
Aerospace
Stealth, Sensor Fusion, Situational Understanding and Precision Attack: Is This the Right Answer to the Balance of Force?
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Wing Commander Willy Hackett and Dr Rebecca Grant discuss the Joint Strike Fighter and its place in UK defence
Aerospace
Just Part of a Flawed Culture
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Paul Beaver points to flawed processes as the cause of the UK's armoured vehicle procurement failures
Defence Management
If It Looks Stupid, It Probably Is
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Brigadier (retired) Charles McBean suggests ways to ensure the mistakes of the past are not repeated
Defence Management
Should all the Blame be Laid at MoD’s Door?
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Colonel Neil Polley considers the areas in which the MoD has improved its performance in armoured vehicle procurement
Defence Management
Lack of Clarity, Urgency and Resources
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce explores the reasons behind the failures of several procurement programmes
Defence Policy
Lessons from the Procurement of Armoured Fighting Vehicles
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Peter Flach sets out the reasons that MoD has spent almost £1bn without a single vehicle to show for it
Defence Policy, Land Forces
Debate: Is Digitisation Dead?
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dr Jim Storr responds to the debates sparked by his October paper, saying that those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Military Personnel, Technology
A Somewhat Strange Outcome
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Sir Jeremy Blackham examines the flaws in UK acquisition policy
Defence Policy
The Cost of Delay
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Professor David Kirkpatrick discusses the costs arising from delays in procurement procedures
Defence Policy
Is Reform Enough? Assessing the Gap Between Challenges and Response in Defence Acquisition Reform
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Dr Ted Bromund considers how far acquisition reform can be effective, and whether a more radical change is required
After The Defence Review: An Operating Model for Integrated Acquisition
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Major General (ret’d) David Shouesmith and Dean Gilmore discuss the improvement of the current acquisition model
Defence Policy
The Problem with Defence Technology
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Graham Jordan discusses how and why current acquisition projects result in cost and time overruns
Technology, UK Defence
The Sea in a Variably Globalised World
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Rear Admiral (ret’d) Chris Parry discusses the need to understand challenges to maritime operations in the future
Maritime Forces
More Tooth, Less Tail
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010John Dowdy argues that the equipment procurement budget should be maintained
Rethinking an Indigenous Capability
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge comments on the importance rethinking the UK’s indigenous defence industrial capability.
Domestic Security
Shaping the Future Defence Programme
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010Sir Jeremy Blackham states that we must find a new approach to the upcoming Defence Review to ensure that a long-term perspective is maintained.
Defence Management, Defence Policy
Acquisition in a Period of Severe Financial Restraint
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010The RUSI Acquisition Focus identifies some major issues that will have to be resolved within defence equipment acquisition, including reform at the top of the MoD, management of complexity, MoD’s relationship with industry and improving the early stages of acquisition.
Defence Management, Defence Policy
Editorial
RUSI Defence Systems, June 2010The outgoing editor of RUSI Defence Systems writes his valedictory editorial.
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