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Military organisations and emerging technologies – How do unmanned systems find a role in future navies?
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics, Lättkonstruktioner, marina system, flyg- och rymdteknik, rörelsemekanik. Royal Swedish Navy , Stockholm , Sweden. (Naval Architecture)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2407-2856
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics, Lättkonstruktioner, marina system, flyg- och rymdteknik, rörelsemekanik. Swedish Defence University . (Naval Architecture)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8968-9793
2022 (English)In: Journal of Military Studies, ISSN 2242-3524, E-ISSN 1799-3350, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 37-48Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Fewer qualified platforms and reduced per-sonnel within the navy are the reality for many nations, although operational requirements might have remained the same or increased over time. At the same time, research is advancing in unmanned and autonomous systems, which have also found application in military use. There-fore, navies need to develop approaches for effective tech-nological transformation. To fulfil this need, this study aims to identify and describe the relevant research from different disciplines and their respective relation to the design of future navies. The study commences with a lit-erature review related to knowledge support for under-standing how emerging technologies, such as maritime autonomous systems (MAS), find their place in a military organisation. The findings suggest that the armed forces should be categorised as a sociotechnical system, built of systems-of-systems that together enable capability, and that it is as a capability enforcer that the overall system should be developed. This highlights the importance of structural and organisational changes in making the best use of the technology, as well as in making the sociotech-nical system as efficient as possible. Therefore, the armed forces need to be learning organisations, exercising joint planning, where there is room for knowledge sharing and flexibility within the organisation despite different hierar-chical layers.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2022. Vol. 11, no 1, p. 37-48
Keywords [en]
autonomous systems, concept development, sociotechnical systems, capability development, capability lifecycle
National Category
Vehicle Engineering
Research subject
Vehicle and Maritime Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-317667DOI: 10.2478/jms-2022-0004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-317667DiVA, id: diva2:1695754
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Swedish Armed ForcesSwedish Defence University
Note

QC 20230223

Available from: 2022-09-14 Created: 2022-09-14 Last updated: 2023-09-28Bibliographically approved
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1. Military innovation to build military capability, the case of uncrewed maritime systems
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2023 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

For a military organisation capability is a central concept. The definitions vary with different nations and organizations, but here the military capability is defined as the ability of a sociotechnical system to solve military tasks performed under certain circumstances in a set environment. To create new or develop existing military capability, military innovation can be a crucial piece of the puzzle. It might be innovative systems solving tasks in the existing organization or existing technology used in an innovative manner.The aim of this thesis is to create a structure for discussing technology, innovation, and capability in a relevant way, where the capability lifecycle presents an overview of the desired capability when planning for future compositions of technology and units, instead of focusing on the individual systems. Therefore, this work is governed by a thematic aim that at least requires a multidisciplinary research approach which contains different research areas to understand how the technical systems can contribute within its context.To visualise this context, different aspects of the system is here divided into three layers. The technology level represents the technology itself, in this case Maritime Uncrewed Systems, which needs to be understood with its opportunities and limitations. The system also needs to be understood in its sociotechnical layer where the technical system is interacting with people, organization, and other units. The final layer is the governance layer with both the legal and ethical considerations in the use of the technology, in this case, an uncrewed system.The overall conclusion is that capability development is not doing things the same way as before with different technology. It is about trust in the overall system and developing how the available resources, both technical and sociotechnical, can contribute to solving a task as efficiently as possible in an altered organization.

Abstract [sv]

För en militär organisation är förmåga ett centralt begrepp. Definitionerna varierar med olika nationer och organisationer, men här definieras den militära förmågan som förmågan hos ett sociotekniskt system att lösa militära uppgifter som utförs under vissa omständigheter i en bestämd miljö. För att skapa ny eller utveckla befintlig militär förmåga kan militär innovation vara en avgörande pusselbit. Det kan vara innovativa system som löser uppgifter i den befintliga organisationen eller befintlig teknik som används på ett innovativt sätt.Syftet med detta examensarbete är att skapa en struktur för att diskutera teknik, innovation och förmåga på ett relevant sätt, där förmågans livscykel ger en överblick över den önskade förmågan vid planering av framtida sammansättningar av teknik och enheter, i stället för att fokusera på det individuella systemet. Därför styrs detta arbete av ett tematiskt syfte som åtminstone kräver en multidisciplinär forskningsansats som innehåller olika forskningsområden för att förstå hur de tekniska systemen kan bidra inom sitt sammanhang.För att visualisera detta sammanhang är de olika aspekterna av systemet här indelade i tre lager. Tekniklagret representerar själva tekniken, i detta fall marina obemannade system, som måste hanteras med dess möjligheter och begränsningar. Systemet behöver också förstås i det sociotekniska lager där det tekniska systemet interagerar med människor, organisation och andra enheter. Det sista lagret är det övervakande lagret med både de juridiska och etiska övervägandena vid användandet av tekniken, i detta fall ett obemannat system.Den övergripande slutsatsen är att förmågeutveckling inte innebär att göra saker på samma sätt som tidigare fast med annan teknik. Det handlar om tillit till det övergripande systemet och att utveckla hur tillgängliga resurser, både tekniska och sociotekniska, kan bidra till att lösa en uppgift så effektivt som möjligt i en förändrad organisation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023. p. 26
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2023:54
Keywords
Military innovation, military capability, uncrewed systems, sociotechnical systems, Militär innovation, förmåga, obemannade system, sociotekniska system
National Category
Vehicle Engineering
Research subject
Vehicle and Maritime Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-337223 (URN)978-91-8040-727-4 (ISBN)
Presentation
2023-10-19, E3, Osquars backe 2, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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Funder
Swedish Armed Forces
Note

QC 230928

Available from: 2023-09-28 Created: 2023-09-28 Last updated: 2023-10-02Bibliographically approved

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