Session 2.4b Conference Product Brief: Simplifying Battlespace C4
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| Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Bradman Theatre |
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Innovation for the future force that leverages new levels of connectivity for increased coordination and automation.
ADF operations are evolving. The ADF, like other modern militaries, are faced with many challenges in operating command and control (C2) within a distributed, disrupted and austere environment. The challenges include the agility to keep pace with military operations, access to limited bandwidth, and external influences competing for dominance in the cyber and electromagnetic environments across all domains.
The nature of deployed mission systems is changing at a rapid pace.
Increasing numbers of autonomous systems are demanding increased connectivity. These new systems offer new opportunities for system of systems integration to realise their full potential within the Integrated Force. It is a challenge for modern militaries is to integrate new technologies at such a pace.
An approach is needed that evolves the system of systems solution in a trusted fashion in step with the changes in technology and the changes in warfighter roles. The effectiveness of military capabilities is determined by the success of this evolution. How well new technologies can be introduced successfully seems to be highly correlated with the complexity that each technology leaves for the warfighter to resolve.
A framework for system of systems integration that leverages advances in automation and autonomy is needed to enable the Integration of new platforms and technology into the Integrated Force at the speed of relevance. The ADF’s legacy networks need to evolve with this framework to enable the future vision of a battle ready, converged network able to keep pace with changes to technology and the threat.
Speaker
Mr Andrew Brownlee
System Architect
Joint Systems - Boeing Defence Australia
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Biography
Andrew Brownlee is the System Architect for the Project Currawong Battlespace Communications System, responsible for collaborating with the Commonwealth acquisition team, Australian Defence Force end-users and engineers across multiple disciplines to establish a genuinely deployable and agile architecture for a broadband communications system. The Currawong team have maintained a culture of innovation that has delivered three major system releases.
Andrew worked in many engineering and leadership capacities for Boeing over the last 25 years. His career in engineering began in a systems integration role on the Collins Class Submarine project in 1995 and has progressed through the many facets of systems engineering for complex systems. For the ADF’s High Frequency Modernisation Project, Andrew led the development of a system performance model, in collaboration with stakeholders, including the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Andrew is a graduate from the University of New South Wales with a combined Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Science (Computing) degree.
Andrew has maintained a passion for systems engineering and a constant desire to understand the complexity behind systems development. Outside of work, Andrew is committed to his wife and two sons. He embraces family travel opportunities and is enjoying a new hobby in woodworking.
