Air Commodore Angus Porter
Director General Air Combat Capability Royal Australian Air Force
Agenda
11:30 AM Fireside Chat: Next-Gen Airpower: Ghost Bat, Loyal Wingman, and AI-Enabled Air Combat
The RAAF is at the cutting edge of human-machine teaming - deploying loyal wingman technology, AI-enabled ISR, and next-generation air combat capability. This session examines how the air domain is being transformed by autonomy and what Ghost Bat means for allied interoperability.
Ghost Bat and the loyal wingman concept: what the MQ-28 program has delivered, where it sits in the capability maturity cycle, and what it means for RAAF force structure
AI in air combat: how machine intelligence is changing mission planning, target identification, and the human-machine decision boundary in contested air environments
Allied interoperability: how Australia's autonomous air capability integrates with US and UK systems under AUKUS Pillar II
12:40 PM Panel: Flying Without a Pilot: What Air Force Readiness Looks Like in an Autonomous Era
As uncrewed platforms, AI-assisted decision support and human-machine teaming move from trial to frontline capability, the RAAF faces a fundamental question: what does it actually take to call an autonomous air system mission-ready? This session unpacks how the Air Force is rewriting certification; training and support models built for a crewed force to fit one that increasingly isn't.
Certifying the uncertifiable: how existing airworthiness and readiness standards are being adapted — or replaced — to account for autonomous and AI-enabled platforms
Building the workforce behind the machine: the new skills, roles and training pathways needed for aircrew, maintainers and commanders to operate and trust autonomous systems
Keeping it flying: the sustainment and sovereign support challenge of maintaining autonomous air platforms in the field, without the traditional crewed-aircraft supply chain to lean on
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Angus.
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