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Land environment research requirement

Advanced materials and manufacturing techniques

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Army


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Operational environment


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Contingent Capability for Defence and Deterrence

Defence Engagement and

Overseas Capacity Building

UK Engagement and

Homeland Resilience

Congested

Cluttered

Connected

Constrained Contested

Operational environment


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Deterrent & Operations

Prevention & Good Will

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Congested

Cluttered

Connected

Constrained Contested

Army 2020 and beyond

• Force Structure to Face Future Environment

– Fully integrated reserves

– Army split into Reactive and Adaptive Force


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Deterrent & Operations

Prevention & Good Will

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Reactive

Force Adaptive

Force


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Disruptive technologies

• Communications, info transport

• Remotely operated systems

• Human enhancement & augmentation

• Medical

• Advanced materials & manufacturing

• Synthetic biology

Disruptive technologies (Cont'd)

• Nanosystems

• Energy technologies

• Environmental technologies

• Quantum technologies

• Directed energy & novel weapons

Centre Defence Enterprise

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Advanced manufacturing challenges


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Agile, adaptable and capable

Role of the RAF


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Air power

Height, speed and reach


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Control of the air Intelligence and situational awareness

Air mobility Attack


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• Protection

• Situational awareness

• Power

• Communications

• Data

CDE enduring challenges


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• Lethality

• Mobility

• Human performance

• Lower cost of ownership


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• Protection

• Situational awareness

• Power

• Communications

• Data

CDE enduring challenges

• Lethality

• Mobility

• Human performance

• Lower cost of ownership


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Protection (personnel, platforms, facilities, digital systems, materials)


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Mobility (platforms [air, land, sea, space, human], means of propulsion)

Summary

New technology is key to the battle-

winning air power of the Royal Air Force


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Defining the maritime research requirement

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Royal Navy – operations

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Royal Navy – Future Navy Vision 2025

• What does this require?

– An agile fleet that is interoperable with other nation’s assets and capable of providing

sustainable operations around the globe.

• How is this achieved?

– Optimal utilisation of effectively manned platforms: MCMV, T26, T45, Carrier Strike and

Amphibious Assault Ships


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Warfighting Project Military Power

at sea and from the sea

Maritime Security Protect UK citizens,

territory and trade

International

Engagement Promote UK Interests

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Dstl - affordable maritime presence


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Surface defence & security operations Integrated air defence

Littoral manoeuvre Platform & combat systems

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Dstl - platform & combat systems


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Electric ship & sub

Benefit:

RN platforms of increased efficiency,

affordability and adaptability.

Integrated survivability Sustainability

Delivered through

Adaptability


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Royal Navy – task force

Royal Navy – littoral manoeuvres


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Royal Navy – anti-submarine warfare


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Royal Navy – enduring challenges

• Advanced materials and manufacturing techniques for ship building

• Application of novel materials to improve warfighting capability


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Royal Navy – enduring challenges

• Advanced materials and manufacturing techniques for ship building

– Improved strength to weight ratio for ship building, including a composite superstructure

– Novel alternative to Kevlar to protect high-value compartments

– Omni-phobic coatings for reduced drag and corrosion

– Improved thermal management to combat the ‘wild heat’ research requirement

• Application of novel materials to improve warfighting capability

– Hyperspectral low-observable coatings to reduce signature across multiple spectral

bands

– RF transmissive armour for radar arrays

– More affordable, adaptable and robust ballistic shields

– Low EO/IR signature, armoured bridge windows

– High capacity batteries to enable sustained covert operations/directed energy weapons


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