Students at the 2025 Army Careers Day in Puckapunyal.
Leadership

Australia’s National Security Debate Needs Younger Voices

Future challenges are emerging faster than traditional decision-making processes can adapt, making it essential to include fresh perspectives that can identify risks, question assumptions and improve long-term outcomes. NATO has incorporated youth perspectives into planning.
5 minutes
Air & Space Power

NATO races to build counter-drone marketplace

NATO is overhauling counter-drone procurement through a rapid adoption model featuring live operational testing and a vetted marketplace, aiming to accelerate deployment of trusted capabilities across allied forces and operational environments.
4 minutes
HMS Prince of Wales BERSAMA LIMA 25.
Communication & Cognition

More expensive warships challenged

Growing pressure on budgets and rapidly changing technology are driving calls for smaller, more flexible systems, favouring adaptable networks and autonomous platforms over reliance on costly assets. Hybrid fleets emphasise affordability, survivability and mass.
3 minutes
Military History

Double amputee paratrooper to jump into Normandy for 82nd anniversary of D-Day

A former US Army paratrooper returns to parachuting 14 years after losing both legs in Afghanistan, completing a commemorative jump into Normandy to honour history, fallen comrades, and resilience through adaptive recovery.
4 minutes
HMAS Dechaineux and HMAS Farncomb transit Port Phillip Bay
Technology & Innovation

A great wall of underwater sensors

China’s expanding underwater surveillance network combines seabed, surface, air, and space sensors. AI coordinates data from multiple surveillance layers, while South China Sea chokepoints are continuously monitored. Western submarines may gradually lose traditional stealth advantages.
5 minutes
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots’ voices

AI-assisted reconstruction of cockpit voice recordings from publicly released spectrograms has prompted the US National Transportation Safety Board to suspend access to its database, highlighting emerging privacy, legal, and cybersecurity risks posed by AI tools.
6 minutes
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