From Experimentation to the Front Line: Colonel Jim Howard on the Future of Uncrewed Land Warfare

From Experimentation to the Front Line: Colonel Jim Howard on the Future of Uncrewed Land Warfare

With uncrewed and autonomous systems moving from experimentation towards operational reality, the challenge for armed forces is increasingly one of integration: connecting platforms, people and data to create a genuinely effective fighting force. Ahead of Defence iQ's Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems conference, Colonel Jim Howard, Commander of the Experimentation and Trials Group, discusses the British Army's evolving approach to robotics and autonomous systems. Drawing on his experience in armoured warfare, Project Streetfighter and military experimentation, he explores the growing importance of UGVs, human-machine teaming, battlefield connectivity and rigorous testing - and explains why autonomy could fundamentally reshape the way land forces fight.