Senate debates
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Questions on Notice
Network Centric Warfare Capability Policy and Plans (Question No. 2059)
David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence on 20 August 2012:
Given that video communications are integrated into robots, soldiers and unmanned aerial vehicles, network centric warfare is becoming the organising principle of war fighting, and frontline demands for bandwidth are rising at a rapid rate: for the period 1 January to 30 June 2012, what did the Australian Defence Force do and how much did it spend on: (a) establishing a network centric warfare capability; and (b) addressing the issue of increased bandwidth?
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