Carlo Kopp


Carlo Kopp is an Australian freelance defence analyst and academic who has published some 300 articles in defense security publications.

Academic background

Kopp has a PhD and MSc degrees, which were supervised by Prof. Chris Wallace at Monash University.

Publications

Kopp has published in many prominent defense and security publications on matters of aerospace technology, stealth, information warfare and Australian defence policy. These included Defence Today, Air International, Journal of Electronic Defense, Jane's Missiles and Rockets, Australian Aviation and the Asia Pacific Defence Reporter.

F-22 Raptor

Kopp is a proponent of the F-22 and has published many articles and papers criticising the selection of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the Royal Australian Air Force, and is a co-founder of the Air Power Australia strategy think tank.

Research

Research on electromagnetic pulse weapons

Kopp has been warning against the dangers of an electromagnetic pulse bomb since the 1990s.

Computer science research

Kopp's computer science research effort currently encompasses ad hoc networking, global navigation satellite system support protocols, network-centric warfare, exploitation of radars for high speed datalink applications, and the information theory underpinning Information Warfare, where he previously contributed much of the foundation theory.

Current roles

Research Fellow in Regional Military Strategy

Kopp is a Research Fellow in Regional Military Strategy at the Monash Asia Institute in Melbourne.

Monash University

Kopp lectures in computer science at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Kopp produced a Strategic Insight series paper dealing with the Wedgetail AEW&C system for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra, and remains actively engaged in the public debate on Australian defence policy.

Memberships

Kopp is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association of Old Crows.