{"title":"Off the Bench and on the Team: Operational Gender Mainstreaming","authors":"Jade Deveney","doi":"10.58930/bp33147109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp33147109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139205720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deterrence by Deception: Historic Lessons and Contemporary Methods","authors":"David Hood","doi":"10.58930/001c.84546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/001c.84546","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines how the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has incorporated deception into its ground operations historically, and what lessons can be identified from this experience. Lessons include acknowledging the importance of engaging both experts and the wider public in deception efforts; and recognising that deception is both a passive and active means of deterrence. The paper then explores how the RAAF can apply deception in new and innovative ways. This work focusses on the airpower ground environment for two reasons: (1) deception is less widely employed compared to other means of deception applied for airborne capabilities; and (2) deception can be more effective, cheaper and easier to implement compared to other means of denial applied in the ground environment. These reasons make the inclusion of deception measures attractive in the current Defence environment.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133685401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the Need for an Increased Sovereign Commercial Airlift Capability","authors":"Benjamin Cole","doi":"10.58930/bp33146451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp33146451","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115040423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Maritime Security Via Automated Navigational Monitoring","authors":"T. Luangwilai","doi":"10.58930/bp31180108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp31180108","url":null,"abstract":"Uninterrupted monitoring of illegal activities occurring in a large maritime area with numerous vessels is very challenging. This article reports the development of system for automated monitoring of navigational data obtained via the automatic identification system (AIS). The AIS information obtained from a vessel is used to build up a time series dataset where an autoregression integrated moving average (ARIMA) model is used on the dataset to predict the status and future position of the vessel. Since the actual navigational trajectories of vessels are predictable, the projected information obtained from the ARIMA model can be compared against the next actual AIS information. The model could decide to trigger a warning alert using preset criteria after comparing the prediction to the actual data. This article shows two cases where a particular ship displayed suspicious behaviours, prompting the model to trigger a warning. While the preset criteria can initially be decided by the user, such criteria can be shaped or trained ‘on the fly’ to produce more accurate decisions as more similar cases are detected. The author believes that the ARIMA model is simple and robust for monitoring suspicious behaviours. It is versatile and warning criteria can be defined and shaped according to user requirements.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"362 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115182546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptualising Deterrence: An Escalating Problem","authors":"David Hood","doi":"10.58930/bp32839698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp32839698","url":null,"abstract":"This paper briefly explores the origins and defining features of deterrence theory and examines two fundamental weaknesses associated with the contemporary Western conception of deterrence. Perceiving the role of deterrence as maintaining the status quo and labelling certain military capabilities as constituting ‘a deterrent’ are limiting and can provoke unintended consequences. Deterrence and escalation are inherently intertwined and any single attempt to deter can result in de-escalation or escalation. A new conceptual framework is proposed, which conceives deterrence as a strategic way to achieve a broad spectrum of political ends including de-escalation and escalation, through positive and negative means.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129134032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of Work Health Safety on Australia’s military aviation regulatory framework","authors":"Jozef McGurk, N. Bardell","doi":"10.58930/bp30684500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp30684500","url":null,"abstract":"In 2016, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Defence Aviation Safety Regulations (DASR) came into being, in part to harmonise with the Australian Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHSA). Defence aviation is too complex to be regulated completely by Work Health Safety (WHS) legislation; therefore, amplification is required to ensure safe and legal outcomes. The DASR provides the necessary amplification, managing aviation safety through technical and operational airworthiness. ADF technical airworthiness is based on the European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMAR), with an overlaid Aviation Safety Management System (ASMS) modelled by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Australian WHS legislation directly influences Safety Risk Management (SRM), mandating how hazards and risks must be controlled by duty holders in all industries. For ADF aviation, this means a shift from a standards-based SRM to a legislative-based SRM, culminating in implementing a seven-step process integrated into all risk management activities. This paper examines how WHS legislation can directly influence the safety regulation of a high-risk industry such as military aviation. Further, safety management from a military perspective is a novel area of research, as military and civil safety management have historically been non-aligned and disparate. This research helps close the knowledge gap and offers an opportunity to disseminate and explore military safety management processes resulting from changes to the overarching WHS legislation. The authors believe such insights may prove useful to other states transitioning to an EMAR-based regulatory structure.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123358659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agile capability delivery as an aspect of national power","authors":"E. Stringer","doi":"10.58930/bp31875662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/bp31875662","url":null,"abstract":"Here, I summarise major points in the Ukraine war and analyse how the war is being fought and what we might learn. The war has taught us to use a blend of civilian and military capacities as well as integrating and continuously evolving technologies: cyber, electronic warfare, space, manned and unmanned systems and smart weapons to keep our theory of winning ahead of that of the opposition. Defeating a peer adversary needs mobilisation across all our socio-economy and do so as a coalition with allies, academia and industry.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116057953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The deepening Australia-India geostrategic relationship","authors":"Peter Layton","doi":"10.58930/ciasp-bp29294000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58930/ciasp-bp29294000","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between Australia and India is rapidly evolving, influenced in part by the changes across the Indo-Pacific region. This vast area, where more than half the people of the world live, is moving towards a new regional order, but what this will be is not yet decided. Australia and India intend to use their agencies to shape a favourable future for themselves in terms of greater prosperity and enhanced security. This paper initially reviews the contemporary Australia-India relationship with its newly created institutions and rapidly developing interactions. The second section considers some key present-day issues regarding prosperity were cooperation would be mutually advantageous: cyber, hydrogen energy, rare earths, and critical and emerging technology. The third section deliberates on security collaboration through discussing the two nations’ strategic focuses, the possibilities for increased defence interaction and a potential de-fence technology cooperation approach. The final section considers the longer-term aspirations of both nations and concludes that Australia may need to be as pragmatic as India. Future progress will require effort and with both nations’ limited resources, some tough prioritisations may be necessary.","PeriodicalId":107755,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Power","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122386006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}