Horizon Scan of Emerging Technologies and Trends for ADF Combat Service Support 2016

Strategic planning is supported by an understanding of emerging trends and technologies. This report provides such a horizon scan for Combat Service Support. Global trends and the results of science and technology literature scans across seven domains (power and energy, transportation, automated and autonomous systems, materials and manufacturing, sensors, information and communication technology, and health technologies) are presented. Technologies of interest are further assessed in terms of their usability, potential costs and comparison with the existing options. A comparison to the results of the scan of the previous year is provided, and previous recommendations updated. Finally, an analysis of emerging trends and technologies draws out new recommendations, including for ongoing horizon scanning activities to be combined with development and assessment of detailed concepts of employment for some maturing technologies that offer significant benefits for ADF Land Logistics.