WORLD DEFENCE SYSTEMS ISSUE TEN A Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Publication Edited by Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB, FRAeS - Director of RUSI

Articles

Foreword
By Richard C. Smith AO,
Secretary of Defence, Australia

Introduction
Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

One on One

• Dr Marvin Sambur
  Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Airpower, Present and Future

• 'The Tip of the Spear': Strike – A Capability View
  By Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Day CBE, Capability Manager (Strike) Ministry of Defence
• Effects-Based Operations: A US Perspective
  By Major General David A. Deptula United States Air Force
• Strike from the Sea: Future Maritime Capabilities
  By Commodore Tim Laurence, Director, Navy Resources and Plans, Ministry of Defence - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 21 May 2003
• Future Navy Operational Concept and Future Maritime Fires
  By Commodore Bob Cooling, Director Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 21 May 2003

Precision Strike Systems

• Air-Launched Weapons
  By Andrew Brookes, Aerospace Specialist, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
• Storm Shadow - The System to Hit Hard Targets
  By the Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile Integrated Project Team (CASOM IPT)
• Tactical Tomahawk: Evolution or Revolution?
  By Dr Lee Willett, Military Sciences Department, RUSI
• The Return of the Strategic Bomber
  By Thomas Withington
• New Launcher Technologies
  By Robert Evans, Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd

Space Systems

• The Technology is Irrelevant to the Commander!
  By Air Commodore Bruce Wynn OBE BSc RAF
  Assistant Chief of Staff J6 (Communications and Information Systems), Permanent Joint Headquarters (ACOS J6, PJHQ) - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 13 June 2003
• Perspectives on Space Acquisition
  By Simon Kershaw, IPT Leader, Satcoms Acquisition Team, Defence Procurement Agency - From a presentation delivered at RUSI on 13 June 2003

Targeting and Surveillance

• Airborne Surveillance
  By Air Commodore Ron Cook, Director Equipment Capability (ISTAR) Ministry of Defence - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 21 May 2003
• Development of Future C4ISTAR Architectures for FOAS
  By Dr Peter Bryant, LogicaCMG
• Maritime Airborne Surveillance Capability (MASC)
  By Mike Attfield, Head of Marketing – Radar & AEW Mission Systems, Thales Sensors UK - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 22 May 2003
• Targeting Timeline Compression
  By Dr John Rawls, Vice President, Lynx Systems Group, General Atomics
• Radar – Focused on the Future
  By Dr. Jan-Olov Winnberg, Senior Expert (Radar Systems), Ericsson Microwave Systems AB

Unmanned Systems and Strike

• Striving for the Perfect Spiral: Putting War Fighters First with Evolutionary Acquisition and Spiral Development
  By Steven L Krause, International Programs Director, Unmanned Systems, The Boeing Company - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 15 July 2003
• Unmanned Vehicles in the Maritime Environment
  By Commander David James Royal Navy, Concept Development (Strike) Maritime Warfare Centre - from a presentation delivered at RUSI on 15 July 2003

 

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