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

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

My Job
Sir Robert Walmsley KCB FREng, Chief Executive, Defence Procurement Agency

Terrorism and Homeland Defence

• Fighting Terrorism: The UN Contribution in a Changed World
  Sir Jeremy Greenstock, KCMG, United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council
• Terrorism as Asymmetric Warfare: The Impact and the Challenges
  Melissa A. Applegate, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency and Dorsey E. Rowe, Assistant for Policy Co-ordination, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Combating Terrorism Directorate
• The Health Service Contribution to Homeland Security
  The Right Hon Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health, England, UK
• UK Counter-Terrorism PLC
  Assistant Commissioner David C Veness CBE QPM, Head of Special Operations, Metropolitan Police
• The Shared Challenges of Homeland Security
  Mariyam Hasham, Senior Research Associate, Crisis Solutions Ltd

Naval Systems

• Future Littoral Warfare Requirements: A New Paradigm
  Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)
• Capturing the Requirement in the Smart Acquisition Era - The Future Surface Combatant
  Commodore R D Finlayson, Royal Navy, Director of the UK MoD's Directorate of Equipment Capability (Above Water Battlespace) and Commander C C C Johnstone, Royal Navy.
• The Changing Times of Marine Propulsion Technology
  Dave Mattick, Marketing Executive, Marine Engineering, Rolls Royce plc
• Developments in Naval Ship Stability
  Dr Martin Renilson, Technical Manager, Hydrodynamics, Centre for Marine Technology, QinetiQ, Haslar.
• Developments in Warship Technology
  Dr Martin Renilson, Technical Manager, Hydrodynamics, Centre for Marine Technology, QinetiQ.
• RV Triton - A Revolution in Maritime Affairs
  Rob Heather, Engineering Director, Shipbuilding, Vosper Thornycroft and Bob Short, Trimaran Project Manager, QinetiQ
• Digitization of the Underwater Battlespace
  Cdre Paul Lambert RN, MoD EC(UWB)DEC
• The Virginia-Class: America's 21st Century Fast Attack Submarine
  Captain John S Heffron US Navy, Virginia Class Attack Submarine Programme Manager
• UUVs: Extending the Reach of Undersea Warfare
  Dr. John E. Sirmalis, Technical Director, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
• The Role of Unmanned Vehicles and Remote Sensor Systems in the Future Underwater Battlespace
  Commodore Paul Lambert, Director of Equipment Capability (Underwater Battlespace).
• The US Navy's Future Organic Mine Countermeasures Capability
  Frans Jurgens, freelance defence writer

Soldier Modernization

• The Future Integrated Soldier Technology Programme
  Lieutenant Colonel Dave Stewart HLDRS, Project Manager FIST and Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Pryce PWRR, Requirements Manager, Dismounted Close Combat Integrated Project Team
• The French Dismounted Infantryman: Prospects for the Future
  Michel de Lagarde, former Project Manager, French FELIN Programme, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA)
• Infanterist der Zukunft and the Future German Infantryman
  Brigadier General Rainer Glatz, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Staff Division III and Brigadier General Johann Berger, Commanding Officer the Infantry School of the German Army

Non-Lethal Weapons

• Non-Lethal Capabilities and the Road Ahead
  Dr Martin Hubbard, Dstl, Fort Halstead, Kent, UK and Col George Fenton USMC, Director, Joint Non-Lethal Weapon Directorate (JNLWD) Quantico, VA, USA
• Nonlethality and Homeworld Defence: Containing Barbarism - Nonlethally in the 21st Century
  Janet Morris & Chris Morris, M2 Technology
• Future War: Non-Lethal Alternatives
  John B. Alexander, The National Institute for Discovery Science, Las Vegas

Wars In Our Time

• Macedonia: Reading the Right Script
  Professor Keith Brown, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
• Northern Ireland - A Very Political War
  Ronan Fanning, Ph D (Cantab), MRIA, Professor of Modern History, University College Dublin

Regional Focus - Middle East

• Security Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
  George Joffé
• Changes in Israeli Defence Policies
  General Shlomo Brom, Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Tel Aviv
• Exercise Saif Sareea II
  Air Vice-Marshal Peter Harris, Chief of Joint Force Operational Readiness and Training

 

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