Finding your voice - writing, ranting and risk
There’s rarely been a more critical time to debate the Defence of Australia and its interests than now. And as more speculative details...
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Mar 5, 202311 min
Revolutions in Military Affairs? Evolve Your Thinking
Are we thinking about military innovations in the wrong way? GPCAPT David Hood certainly thinks so. In this piece, he tackles the notion...
Feb 19, 20232 min
Announcing the 2022 Dr Alan Stephens Air Power Literary Prize winner
A core objective of The Williams Foundation is to encourage informed discussion and debate on future air power capability. Accordingly,...
Dec 18, 20225 min
Summer spruce-up: The blue brain edition
It’s difficult to believe this is our last post for 2022, but with Christmas a week out, the team at The Central Blue is getting ready to...
Dec 11, 20224 min
The Linebacker II air campaign anniversary and the Ukraine war
This December marks 50 years since the ‘maximum effort’ Operation Linebacker II air campaign that forced the North Vietnamese regime back...
Oct 23, 20225 min
Does the RAAF need seaplanes?
The last time the RAAF operated seaplanes was 1950, but is there an argument to bring back some sort of modern amphibious seaplane?...
Oct 16, 20228 min
Resilient communications in contested environments
What does manoeuvre in the cyber domain look like? And how is it critical for future warfighting concepts? In this address by TCB’s own...
Oct 12, 20221 min
Conference: Enhancing the Lethality and Survivability of the Integrated Force
Enhancing the Lethality and Survivability of the Integrated Force National Gallery of Australia 28 September 2022 Final Report Dr Robbin...
Oct 2, 20226 min
What does it take for Defence tech innovation to succeed?
This year has seen three Defence Innovation Hub (DIH) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) innovation successes become open source. These...
Sep 25, 20226 min
AVM Donald Bennett: Australia’s Greatest Military Leader?
Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett arguably is Australia’s greatest wartime leader, yet very few Australians have heard of him. He particularly...
Sep 11, 20222 min
Combat Call | #FightReady: What is your recommendation for the Defence Strategic review?
On 3 August 2022, the Government announced an independently-led review that will consider Defence's force posture and force structure....
Aug 21, 20228 min
At the Dawn of Airpower #BookReview
#BookReview: “Why all this fuss about airplanes for the Army? I thought we already had one!” In this piece, Carl Rhodes reviews the new...
Aug 14, 20225 min
The case for a National UAS Strategy
Is it time the Australian Government devised a National UAS Strategy that intertwines keeping the ADF at the forefront of everchanging...
Jul 31, 20225 min
Smart but Not Smart Enough – When Having an Engineering Degree Doesn’t Cut It
This week, FLTLT Joshua Vicino asks the question – how can Defence maximise the brain power of its people with engineering degrees in a...
Jul 24, 20223 min
#FutureChiefs – Future Air Force Technology Chief?
This week we return to one of our core writing themes for this year - #FutureChiefs. In this instalment, TCB editor Luke Webb explores a...
May 29, 20225 min
From ‘fail-safe’ to ‘safe-to-fail’
Is it possible to reconceptualise the value of failure to the RAAF and its operational effectiveness? In this new #FailureWins post,...
May 1, 20227 min
Book Review: How to Lead a Quest - and reframing the conversation of failure
Through this book review in support of our #FailureWins series, TCB editor Luke Webb explores Dr. Jason Fox’s book on How to Lead a Quest...
Apr 24, 20225 min
#FailureWins: Is success or failure a scale?
Is a culture where acceptance of failure is normalised one that will have a positive impact on ADF capability? Robert Vine argues that in...
Apr 3, 20222 min
#FutureChiefs: Could AI fill the role of CAF?
In this instalment of #FutureChiefs, Keirin Joyce (@keirinjoyce) questions if AI could fill the role of CAF - or is a hybrid affair the...
Mar 19, 20226 min
How can we improve the RAAF’s Officer Training System?
Building a capacity for junior leaders to ask deep questions and possess a greater integrated view of Air Force specialisations is...
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