Colonel Peter Allan, Commander of the Australian Army Battle Lab in Sydney, Australia.

Joined March 2024
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Army Battle Lab enabled tactical experimentation in action. This was a unit proposed innovation. Our people coming up with great ideas to maintain the edge. Looking forward to reading the report and getting the recommendations implemented! @FORCOMDAusArmy @Comd1Div
18 CE SQN constructing and trialling fascines 🐾
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18 CE SQN constructing and trialling fascines 🐾
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Drone operations are a new chapter to modern warfare. With Ukrainian and Australian expertise, Dr Oleksandra Molloy summarises lessons learnt from UAS use in Ukraine, recommending considerations by Army and Defence. researchcentre.army.gov.au/l… #AusArmyResearch #UncrewedSystems #UAS
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The need to experiment and establish how the @AustralianArmy will fight in the evolving character of warfare is exactly why the Army Battle Lab was raised. Great listen with some insightful thoughts from Dr David Kilcullen. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
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Dr Jack Watling provides a powerful assessment on the profession of arms and delves into the human elements of war and contemporary battlefields. @RUSI_org @covetweet #CASymposium24 youtu.be/2YVkyIGpTwM?si=MTgC…
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#AusArmy’s Land Domain Training System (LDTS) provides opportunities for soldiers to engage in realistic individual and collective training that is threat informed and reflects the future operating environment. A recent example being 7th Brigade's warfighter - Ex Diamond Run 2024
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Great to be at Day One of the Chaos1 led October Sky industry partnership activity. The Army Battle Lab are the Defence sponsor of this event, which will seek to find solutions to answer the @ChiefAusArmy innovation and the experimentation priorities.
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ā€œBy 2024 Russia will be producing 18,000 large and medium-sized civilian drones annually, with drones weighing less than one kilogram, assembled in the tens of thousands.ā€ wavellroom.com/2023/10/13/co…
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Looking forward to the @ChiefAusArmy Symposium, in Melbourne, today.
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Australian Army Contribution to the National Defence Strategy 2024 The capstone document that explains Army’s role, purpose and value as part of Australia’s new National Defence Strategy. ā€˜Serving the Nation’ army.gov.au/our-work/strateg…
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ā€œIn the future battle, no-one will be immune from attack… it is a battlefield without a safe space.ā€
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The Deputy Chief of the Army, Major General Chris Smith DSC, AM, CSC recently delivered the senior leadership address to the Royal Military College - Duntroon graduating class of July 2024. Laying out the importance of leadership and expectations of the junior officer. you can watch MAJGEN Smith's speech here cove.army.gov.au/article/dep…
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Get signed up. Expect some great content from the team at @covetweet.
Cove 4.0 goes live tomorrow. Sign up... you won't, you're scared. cove.army.gov.au/ @covetweet
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The Army Tactics Competition is underway. Teams from across army are competing, using the Steel Beast Pro system. Members of 53 Battery, Royal Australian Artillery fight together in the armoured force-on-force scenario. Stay tuned for updates to see who wins!
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The public purchase information for Australian Platoon Commander will be released, later this week!
Australian Platoon Commander is coming!Ā  A professional wargame produced by the @AustralianArmy Battle Lab.Ā  It has been designed to develop critical thinking, foresight, innovation, and exercise decision making. 100 game kits heading to Army units now.
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A battle winning capability that will enable our armoured brigade. #followthesapper
Another rotation of our Sappers are currently in the US training with the Armoured Breaching Vehicles šŸ˜šŸ¾
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Australian Platoon Commander is coming!Ā  A professional wargame produced by the @AustralianArmy Battle Lab.Ā  It has been designed to develop critical thinking, foresight, innovation, and exercise decision making. 100 game kits heading to Army units now.
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