Flyers
Flyers are topic-based, reflecting JAPCC themes communicated in a variety of fora. These can be two-pagers or in brochure form to inform a broader audience on the main projects and activities and provide updated mission bullets on a regular basis from the JAPCC. All of our flyers can be downloaded from this page.
Archive
Surface to Exosphere
The Joint Air Power Competence Centre’s Impact on Transformation 2005-2020
‘NATO Centres of Excellence’s subject matter expertise and support to NATO and Nations is indispensable.’ ACT JFD/CPD Brief in Lisbon 14 May 2019, Multinational Solutions Synchronization Conference. This Flyer follows-on from the brief taster on [...]
A Comprehensive Approach to Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems
And Why Current Initiatives Fall Short
Over the last decades, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have been fielded in every military service, ranging from handheld micro-UAS to medium-sized tactical systems to fully grown and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). At the same time, [...]
NATO Space ‘Operations Iceberg’
Looming Danger of a Non-holistic Approach
Currently, NATO lacks a common understanding or consistent use of the term ‘NATO Space Operations’. Today, discussions about NATO Space Operations are commonly reduced to purely focusing on the Space segment (e.g. Command and Control [...]
Machines Do Not Think!
The Contradiction with Autonomous Systems
“In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding [...]
Leadership Cannot Really Be Taught. It Can Only Be Learned.
If the late president of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation was correct why are there Education & Training (E&T) programs, seminars, etc. with the topic of leadership? The JAPCC project ‘Command & Control (C2) / Leadership [...]
Well Worth Doing: NATO's Space Integrated Project Team
Much has been written about the tremendous and often unrecognised impact of space-based capabilities on modern society and military operations. I won’t belabour the point; NATO depends greatly on space capabilities to achieve its political [...]
Schriever Wargame 2012 International
Seizing an Unprecedented Opportunity
A task force of nine NATO nations and Australia (BLUE) battled a combination of terrorists, pirates and affiliated third parties (RED) during the world’s premier space and cyberspace wargame conducted by U.S. Air Force Space [...]
NATO Air and Space Power in Counter-IED Operations
Publication of JAPCC Primer
In recent years, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have increasingly become a feature of modern conflict, their ease of production using locally-available materials and deployment via support networks providing adversaries, unable to compete on conventional terms, [...]
