Technology to Future Challenge Mapping
This page shows a series of defence-specific challenges which were extracted from a detailed analysis of a number of future vision documents. They represent challenges that could emerge from the future operating environment and are grouped into thematic families. Selecting a family of challenges will allow you to see the links between those challenges and any relevant HMI technologies. For further details of just the challenges themselves, click here
Collaboration with varied actors (state / nonstate / corporate / NGOs)
Mission planning, logistical and engineering support
Security support
Provide lift/heavy lift to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and states.
Cooperation with city authorities
Countering biological weapons
Interoperation with partners
Open information sharing
Mass operations
Collaborative space operations
Interacting with automation and autonomy
Utilising swarms
Using sensor-to-shooter systems
Operating with complex ROE
Using long range weapons
Countering CBRN proliferation
Platform automation
Operate in complex, cluttered and contested environments
Operating in complex land environment
Unplanned development considerations
Accounting for megacity requirements
Contested littoral operations
Managing complex space environment
Operation of novel equipment
Exploiting additive manufacturing
Power generation and storage
Using human augmentation
Operating single drones
Conducting cyber operations
Using direct energy weapons
Using rail guns
Using novel RF/MW emitters
Dealing with advanced materials
Processing significant streams of surveillance / intelligence / data and understanding complex systems
Behavioural analytics
Anomaly detection
Big data analytics
Integrating digital information
Exploiting surveillance data
Maintaining cyber situation awareness
Monitoring consequences of biological weapons
Social media operations
Lawfare
Operating in a networked world
Knowledge management and provision of high quality training and education
Acquiring cyber skills
Acquiring advanced technical skills
Acquiring cultural skills
Military education
Cyber training
Capability reconstitution
Preventing skill-fade
Equipment improvisation
Active challenges from 'red'
Countering adversary automation
Electronic Warfare
Dealing with hybrid warfare
Countering cyber attacks
Countering advances in COTS equipment
Eroding technological advantage