Military Management | The Runway

As a topic of Program Wirraway, Military Management focuses on promoting professionalism through up-skilling in the broad areas of management, organisational and cultural competence, attitudes, values and ethics, resilience, and strategies to be employed as you navigate the complex Defence systems as you navigate military and civilian organisational systems throughout your career. Military management involves efficiently coordinating resources and personnel within the armed forces to achieve mission objectives. It requires effective planning, organization, and direction of military activities while promoting accountability and teamwork. Strong decision-making skills, adaptability, and fostering professional growth are essential. Military management is vital for maintaining readiness and ensuring successful mission accomplishment.

Military Management

Australia losing global drone race. Canberra blamed

Uncrewed systems are reshaping conflict fast. Australia risks falling behind due to slow procurement, cautious culture, and limited scale. Faster adoption, clearer rules, and stronger local industry are needed to remain credible in a changing region.

Military Management

The National Defence Strategy needs to give Australians clarity

The 2026 strategy should explain what matters, what threatens us, and why key investments are required. A direct link between risks, interests and resources will help the public understand the choices that shape national security.

Military Management

Government warns on unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance (UXO) remains a hidden hazard across Australia—posing serious risk when disturbed. Public vigilance, especially near former Defence sites and beaches, is vital, with authorities ready to respond quickly to reports.

Military Management

Small, smart, many: what maritime autonomy can teach us about self-reliance

Australia should scale autonomous maritime capabilities by leveraging distributed domestic industry. Small, modular, and easily maintained vessels like the Sea Archer can provide resilience, adaptability, and rapid iteration, enabling sovereign, scalable autonomy.

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Australia’s maritime fuel vulnerability

Australia’s fuel system is fragile—relying on luck, global shipping, and lean inventories. Structural reforms, including stockpiling, supply diversification, and alternative distribution, are critical to secure energy, support Defence readiness, and maintain national stability.

Military Management

Opportunities and risks in Australia’s defence acquisition shake-up

Australia’s Defence procurement is being overhauled through the creation of a Defence Delivery Agency. Success depends on embracing innovation, rapid capability development, and cultural change—otherwise, delays and inefficiencies may persist despite structural reform.

Military Management

Policy needs to keep pace with northern ambition

Northern Australia is ready for growth, but rigid, short-term funding and centralised policy slow progress. Effective regional development requires flexible, sustained investment, tailored programs, and place-based approaches that align with local needs and ambition.

Military Management

Hazing, bullying reports up as Hegseth pushes for rougher training

Bullying and hazing behaviours in US military are expected to increase significantly after Secretary of Defense announced proscriptions against bullying and hazing were “undercutting commanders”. This highlights the need for consistent messaging in line with extant policy.

Military Management

The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis

An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to compete for dwindling and increasingly costly supplies. This could slow AI-based productivity gains and delay investment in digital infrastructure.

Military Management

Want to fix Defence? Start by cutting bureaucratic bloat

The author argues Defence’s restructure rebrands old systems without fixing core problems. Shuffling staff may not lift performance. Cutting senior bureaucratic numbers and simplifying command could deliver clearer accountability, faster capability outcomes, and better value for taxpayers.