As we move towards near-peer competition but also robotics and autonomation, how we conceptualise CAS-EVAC must keep pace. In this interview Ian Pallister delivers insight into what CAS-EVAC might look like in the future. He delves into the challenges and opportunities in the domain as well as recent lesson from the Ukrainian conflict.

As we move towards near-peer competition but also robotics and autonomation, how we conceptualise CAS-EVAC must keep pace. In this interview Ian Pallister delivers insight into what CAS-EVAC might look like in the future. He delves into the challenges and opportunities in the domain as well as recent lesson from the Ukrainian conflict.

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The availability of equipment and material has a huge impact on the effectiveness of the delivery of deployed medical care, and it is all coming down to a robust procurement process. As the commercial sector is gradually viewed as the key to providing tailored solutions, a few questions remain: is there enough communication and cooperation between them and the military?

Ahead of Medical Support Operations 2018, Defence IQ had the opportunity to discuss with Dr. Robert Balazs, Technical Medical Officer at the General and Cooperative Services Programme at the NATO Support and Procurement Agency and speaker at the conference, on his views on the cooperation between the commercial sector and the military in the latter's procurement process. In this exclusive interview, he tells us how he thinks that relationship can be improved to enhance the delivery of deployed medical care.

A humanitarian disaster presents unique challenges to the deployed medical care teams, notably when it comes to diseases, as the lack of local infrastructure and poor local hygiene compromise their containment.

In this exclusive interview with Colonel Henrik Staunstrup, Surgeon Commander and MEDADV of the Army Staff from the Danish Armed Forces and speaker at Medical Support Operations 2018, discover how his expeditionary force are delivering self-sustaining capabilities, ready to respond quickly to any emergency.

Brigadier General James McClain is Commander of the U.S. Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA), which is responsible for overseeing the execution of the Air Force Surgeon General’s policies and programmes. AFMSA provides leadership for the entire medical service supporting the activities of more than 44,000 personnel serving 2.6 million beneficiaries through 76 military treatment facilities worldwide with a budget of $6.1 billion. Defence IQ asked Gen. McClain where some of that budget would be allocated in terms of technology and strategic investment.

Brigadier General James McClain is Commander of the U.S. Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA), which is responsible for overseeing the execution of the Air Force Surgeon General’s policies and programmes. AFMSA provides leadership for the entire medical service supporting the activities of more than 44,000 personnel serving 2.6 million beneficiaries through 76 military treatment facilities worldwide with a budget of $6.1 billion. Defence IQ asked Gen. McClain where some of that budget would be allocated in terms of technology and strategic investment.