%T Prototype warfare, innovation and the fourth industrial age %A Peter Layton %I Air Power Development Centre %D 2019 %K Strategic planning, %K Industry 4.0, %K World politics, %K War, %K Defence, %K Australian Defence Force, %K Defence administration, %K Information technology, %K Autonomous technologies, %K Innovation, %K Disruptive technologies, %K Digital disruption, %K 5G telecommunications %U https://apo.org.au/node/219846 %X The fourth industrial revolution involves the continuous and cyclical flow of information and actions between the physical and digital worlds. This revolution can potentially create a hyper-connected defence-industry-research-academia ecosystem able to continually innovate. %9 Working paper