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Australian Defence Force personnel have co-developed technology and tactics for uncrewed aerial vehicles and ground vehicle assets with the French Army.
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Australian Army troops visited the Centre d'Entraînement aux Actions en Zone Urbaine in Sissone, France with members of the French robotic experimentation platoon.
Colonel Robin Smith, director of Army’s Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office; Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hepworth, artificial intelligence specialist; and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Leroy, Commanding Officer of 94th Infantry Regiment, French Army, emphasised the value of sharing knowledge and strong partnerships among like-minded nations during the visit.
“Gaining and maintaining an asymmetric advantage to deliver mass and scalable effects requires Army to not only explore emerging technology but to inform and co-design tactics and techniques to meet our operational needs,” LTCOL Hepworth said.
“The live-force experimentation model demonstrated by the French Army supports this vision.”
Lieutenant Colonel Leroy said the visit allowed deepened exchanges between the two nations on the reality of the integration of automated systems in a tactical framework.
“The continued collaboration between the Australian and French Army leverages the knowledge, skills, and potential of our people and allies to accelerate our innovation,” Lieutenant Colonel Leroy said.
