Developing Weapon Systems in Future Theatres of War with Respect to Knowledge Application and Development

Abstract

Nowadays, defence industry and the development of new technologies intertwine. Recently, weapons and weapon systems are being tested that, little before, only science-fiction fans could believe to be possible and it was but a few professional insiders, mainly developers, who were encouraged to have anything like this on their design desks. Today, the development of the defense industry is synonymous with that of new technologies from which societies benefit in at least two ways: they improve social and national safety and security, and provide new tools for everyday use. Careful choice of the right combination of gadgets, techniques, methods, methodologies, skills etc. – the explicit and tacit knowledge to be collected, used and developed in our institutions – is a managerial decision of concern. The article aims to introduce readers to some features of the evolving change being presently experienced in modern warfare through some examples of the up-to-date weapons, weapon systems and technologies, and let them have a glance also at their possible forms of use in the close future.