Advanced missile threats (AMT), characterised by payloads that achieve manoeuvrable flight profiles and speeds above Mach 5 have created a w

2020’s time dilation makes Elon Musk’s comments about the end of the fighter jet era at February’s Air Warfare Symposium seem far more than

First-time contributor Kristi Adam as she considers the historical developments and military implications of biometrics.

The potential future applications of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capabilities in support of everyday military operations are widely...

David McFarlane joins the #SCiFi, #AI and the Future of War series with this discussion of the movie Chappie, directed by Neill Blomkamp.

On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance.

China is developing and deploying a broad-based long-range precision strike capability that will in the near-term enable Beijing to project

02 September 2018 Since the end of the Cold War, Western air operations and training  have been built on wresting control of the air over...

20 July 2018 marked the 49th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the Moon. To mark that occasion and contribute to...

ost readers will have heard or read discussions about the ‘combat cloud’. Like the white fluffy things from which its named is derived, the

Scharre, Paul 2018, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, 1st edition, W. W. Norton & Company, New York

In the second post of a four-part series on air power and strategy, Peter Layton discusses a frequently overlooked element of air power: the

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

14 March 2018 Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series...

21 February 2018 From February to April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that...

#DEFAus17 is the key event for the Australian Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF), affiliated with the US and UK branches as well as the Kiwi

Welcome to 2018! As forecast in our 2017 wrap-up post, The Central Blue is collaborating with From Balloons to Drones on a series of...