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This year’s Air Power Conference will take stock of the implications of the SDSR for the size, shape and structure of the UK’s armed forces and focus specifically on the air and space contribution to national security in the context of fiscal constraint and where operations in Afghanistan remain the main effort.
The conference will look to explore and debate how the delivery of air and space power can maximise value in support of the national interest. Delegates will be encouraged to examine how air and space power can be used to create influence and provide ‘smart power’ in conjunction with other government departments, contributing to the provision of security in the round, with particular focus on operations in Afghanistan. Partnership will be important, and perspectives will be sought from and exchanged with allies and partners.
Space and cyberspace are growing in significance - both to defence and to critical elements of the national infrastructure. These and other strategic trends will be considered as a backdrop to more detailed discussions such as the balance between synthetic and live training, between manned and unmanned force elements, between capability and mass, and between high (and emerging) technology and lower technology capabilities.
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