Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Defence

Land Forces Academy Review Vol. XXVI, No. 4(104), 2021 IMPACT OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ON DEFENCE Teodor FRUNZETI Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania tfrunzeti@gmail.com Liviu COȘEREANU Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania lv.cosereanu@gmail.com Tiberius TOMOIAGĂ Military Equipment and Technologies Research Agency, Bucharest, Romania t_tibis@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Effective military capabilities can take decades to research, develop, procure, field and integrate. Technology affects various aspects of conflicts and is therefore a critical component of defence planning and they are influencing the other components of a military capability. New technologies have often shaped strategies and tactics, and inspired the development of defence innovations. Understanding all aspects of new Emerging Disruptive Technologies will help decision makers not only to put up an effective planning, but to reduce the time between need statement and delivery and to avoid collateral issues that could occur in using them. KEYWORDS: EDT, technology, ethics 1. Introduction therefore has a significant impact on market Innovation can be defined as the and as far as the defense sector is concerned, creation and application of new products, on the way in which armed forces operate. services and processes. This includes the It uses enablers (technical or otherwise) and creation of a new technology, product, process new paradigms to reach a level of performance or service, as well as the application of an that, over time, exceeds by far the limits of existing technology to a different problem or traditional, evolutionary advances. In contrast domain. Innovation is not only meant to create to disruptive innovations, incremental new concepts but also to generate added value innovations enhance or improve the for end-users. Innovation in the defense sector performance of existing products, services, should thus first and foremost aim at processes, organizations...