The Need for Speed in Competition, Crisis and Conflict

Description

In today’s rapidly evolving world, it is crucial for military organisations to be prepared for current and future challenges. In the analog ages, speed in acquisition was never considered a problem. Fast forward to today: the War in the Ukraine shows clearly how quickly a situation changes: in a couple of months, Ukraine managed to outfit unmanned sea drones with off-the-shelf Satcom technology targeting harbours previously considered safe by Russia. One path towards achieving speed is the adoption of innovative, more flexible approaches to technology acquisition and deployment – an approach that is starting to be adopted e.g. by the U.S. Department of Defense (Vergun, 2023). The planned presentation outlined in this abstract will explore the advantages and challenges of leveraging off-the-shelf solutions to accelerate deployment of state-of-the-art technologies while at the same time reduce risk and increase efficiency (Weiss, 2018 and Johnson, 2023).

Period	4 Oct 2023
Event title	NATO CA2X2 2023 : 18th NATO CA2X2 (Computer Assisted Analysis, Exercise, Experimentation) Forum
Event type	Other
Location	Rome, ItalyShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International