The case for a National UAS Strategy

The Central Blue
The Central Blue is a forum designed to promote informed discussion and debate about air power issues affecting Australia. Our scope is broad, covering topics from tactical integration to strategic theory; and from historical lessons to future capabilities. We welcome submissions from any source, and particularly encourage serving military practitioners to contribute, in order to foster a new generation of air power thinkers.


- Jul 31
- 5 min
Smart but Not Smart Enough – When Having an Engineering Degree Doesn’t Cut It

- Jul 24
- 3 min
#FutureChiefs – Future Air Force Technology Chief?

- May 29
- 5 min
From ‘fail-safe’ to ‘safe-to-fail’

- May 1
- 7 min
Book Review: How to Lead a Quest - and reframing the conversation of failure

- Apr 24
- 5 min
#FailureWins: Is success or failure a scale?

- Apr 3
- 2 min
#FutureChiefs: Could AI fill the role of CAF?

- Mar 19
- 6 min
How can we improve the RAAF’s Officer Training System?

- Mar 6
- 2 min
#FutureChiefs: Future CAF – why blue?
![Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia [Book Review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/806351_ca75830a7644498aa69ff68547c7f088~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_360,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/806351_ca75830a7644498aa69ff68547c7f088~mv2.jpg)
- Feb 27
- 5 min
Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia [Book Review]

- Feb 16
- 3 min
Remembering Brendan Sargeant: Australia’s Premier Strategist

- Feb 5
- 3 min
#FailureWins - Call for submissions: Innovation, iteration, and lessons learned

- Jan 30
- 8 min
Airpower, baby! How Air Force can unlock latent workforce capability

- Jan 23
- 13 min
A 'Scorched-Earth Orbit Policy' emerges from Indifference to Space Debris from ASAT missions

- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
2021: A Central Blue year review

- Dec 12, 2021
- 6 min
Bringing the Thunder – All Domain Command & Control in the Next Fight

- Dec 5, 2021
- 8 min
Logistics in War: Enablers to Aviators

- Dec 4, 2021
- 2 min
Meet the new The Central Blue Editorial Interns!

- Dec 2, 2021
- 6 min
Commentary on Likely Increase in JSF Engine Costs to Increase - Part 2

- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
Commentary on Likely Increase in JSF Engine Costs to Increase - Part 1

- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
Call for Submissions: #FutureChiefs

- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Announcement: The Dr Alan Stephens Air Power Literary Prize winner

- Nov 7, 2021
- 7 min
Australia’s ‘Loyal Wingman’ Disrupts Designs for Aircraft and Air Missions with Autonomy and AI

- Oct 24, 2021
- 5 min
What will the RAAF look like in 2121?

- Oct 17, 2021
- 5 min
The Case for a Universal Multi-Domain Shipping Container

- Oct 10, 2021
- 5 min
Automation: A Blind Reliance

- Oct 3, 2021
- 4 min
What is a MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Sensor Operator?

- Sep 26, 2021
- 6 min
Going Pro—The Profession of Arms and the Enlisted Aviator

- Sep 19, 2021
- 6 min
Assuring 2121 - Ben Luther

- Sep 4, 2021
- 8 min
Human-Machine Teaming: “Hal and iKnow, a Smarter Working Team”

- Aug 29, 2021
- 5 min
#BookReview: Airpower in the war against ISIS – Benjamin S. Lambeth

- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
EOIs Open: Join the Central Blue team

- Aug 22, 2021
- 6 min
Fighting for Time: Conflict in the 22nd Century

- Aug 15, 2021
- 7 min
Why long-wave infrared threatens fighter stealth and survivability

- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
Kobayashi Maru: Decision survivability & finding ways around the impossible - Chris McInnes

- Jul 25, 2021
- 6 min
#AirForce2121: Air Force’s Strategic Culture as a Force for Continuity

- Jul 18, 2021
- 7 min
The autonomy advantage: Is the ADF missing an opportunity? - WGCDR Keirin Joyce

- Jul 11, 2021
- 7 min
Space law and military operations 101 – Dr Dale Stephens and Jenna Higgins

- Jul 3, 2021
- 6 min
How Safe is Too Safe? Putting the Reasonably Back in Reasonably Practicable

- Jun 20, 2021
- 6 min
Tomorrow’s Air Force Airbases: Fit for Purpose, Robust and Resilient

- Jun 6, 2021
- 12 min
From Frankenstein to Astro Boy: Humans, Automation, and Warfare

- May 23, 2021
- 8 min
All Teeth and No Tail – Evolving the Air Power Workforce

- May 16, 2021
- 6 min
A Need for an Australian Space Force

- May 9, 2021
- 6 min
The Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time

- May 2, 2021
- 8 min
Leading Edge – Australia’s air and space power in the next century
![[Part 2] NASA Remote Piloted Aircraft Displaced in Time and Space is Ingenuity](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/806351_ceb63a87d39b4169b5a866e7bf2f274b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_480,h_360,fp_0.50_0.50,enc_auto/806351_ceb63a87d39b4169b5a866e7bf2f274b~mv2.png)
- Apr 25, 2021
- 6 min
[Part 2] NASA Remote Piloted Aircraft Displaced in Time and Space is Ingenuity

- Apr 18, 2021
- 7 min
NASA Remote Piloted Aircraft Displaced in Time and Space is Ingenuity - Part 1

- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
#AFSTRAT LOE 4 Response: Evolving Air Force Culture - Patrick Helsing

- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
Call for Submissions: #AirForce2121

- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality? - Kate Yaxley