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

Articles

WORLD DEFENCE SYSTEMS – Issue 8 – December 2002

Foreword:
Thinking In Terms Of Capabilities
By Jan-Erik Enestam, Minister for Defence, Finland

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

Information Superiority in the Land Battlespace

• Achieving Information Superiority In The Land Environment
  By Major General Rob Fulton, Capability Manager (Information Superiority) Ministry of Defence
• Minuteman: The Internet In The Sky
  By Mario Gerla, John Villasenor, University of California, Los Angeles, and Allen Moshfegh, Office of Naval Research

Unmanned Ground Vehicles

• Deleting The Human Factor: An Ethical Inquiry Into Armed Unmanned Vehicles
  By Chaplain (Major) D Keith Shurtleff, Ethics Instructor, Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson
• Dragon Runner: Situational Awareness For Small Units
  By Captain Dave Moreau, USMC
• Fault Tolerant Control In Unmanned Vehicles
  By Patricia Barraza Vos, Athena Technologies
• Situational Awareness And Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  By Thomas Goodsell and Magnús Snorrasson, Charles River Analytics

Armoured Vehicles - The Future

• The Long, Slow Twilight Of The Main Battle Tank
  By Dan Goure, Vice President, Lexington Institute
• The Challenger II Replacement: A Challenge For Industry
  By Stewart Kempster, Chief Analyst, Capability Development, Future Systems, BAE Systems plc
• The Swedish SEP Programme And The Need For A Multirole Armoured Platform
  By Colonel Anders Carell, Swedish Ministry of Defence
• The Canadian Future Armoured Vehicle Systems Project
  By Major Mark Espenant, Canadian Army (From a presentation given at RUSI on 25 June 2002)

e-Business and Defence

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Based IT Systems And Reorganization Of The German Armed Forces
  By Dr. Adolf Bröhl, Programme Manager,  Colonel (GS) Hans Peter Escherich, German Army, Deputy Programme Manager and Process Co-ordinator, and Major Wolf Joachim Schulte-Lippern, German Air Force, Executive Officer, Programme Organization SASPF
• Peering Into The Future – How Business Can Help To Point The Way For Defence
  By Peter Woodford, Director of Defence and Security, Syntegra.
• Agility In Procurement And Supply Chain Management: The Next Swing Of The Pendulum For Logistics In Defence
  By Robin Gordon, IBM Business Transformation Outsourcing Procurement Leader and Barry Brooks, IBM Business Consulting Services
• The Urban Battlespace Creating “Usable Infantry” For The Urban Environment
  By Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Mark Tovey
• Power Supply Versus Manoeuvrability – The Conflict In Modern Urban Warfare
  By Dr. Bill Macklin, AEA Technology Battery Systems

Regional Focus: The Baltic

• Transformation Of The Swedish Armed Forces
  By Brigadier General Michael Hans Moore, Military Adviser to the Minister for Defence, Sweden
• Defence Acquisition In Denmark
  By Major General (AF) Lars C Fynbo, Deputy Chief of Staff, Matériel, Infrastructure & Logistics
• Danish Security Perceptions And Military Strategies: Impact On Present And Future Defence Procurement
  By Jørgen Hansen-Nord, Danish Deputy Permanent Secretary of State for Defence and National Armaments Director
• Can A Small State Defend Itself? The Case Of Latvia
  By Atis Lejin,sˇ, Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs

 

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