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issues, then you need industry engaged to tell you how best to actually undertake that activity and if you’re looking for best of breed solutions, you need multiple industry play- ers to be able to support that. I think what we’re finding is we’re still struggling with how to engage industry in those very early phases because we’re concerned about probity and rightly so, but we need to make sure that we don’t use that as an excuse for not actually having industry engaged in helping inform these complex strategies and programs.
Industry needs to get engaged earlier and we need to have a voice because if we’re expected to make investments in small to medium enterprise, if we’re expected to be making smart choices around research and development, science and tech- nology and, most critically, if we are to ensure the right skilled and experienced workforce. We need to know what Defence is thinking so that we can be on the front foot rather than react- ing to something after the fact when the strategic decisions are made that will be critical to our future success.
I think Defence is definitely wanting that to happen but I think we’re struggling with making it happen. The other part that does concern me is getting the right commercial models because we will require different industry teaming arrange- ments to be able to put in place to enable us to meet the com- plex integrated systems of systems challenges of the future. Again, I believe Defence is committed to working through these issues but I think as we’re looking at Force Structure Review, industry should have a role to play. We’re going to have to learn from what we’re seeing today to make sure that future Force Structure Reviews and ongoing involvement of the DIIP provides an ability industry to contribute and influ- ence the strategy development, including the regular updates that are essential in industry planning for the future.
ADM: How has the lack of updated DIIP affected how you make decisions?
DEEBLE: It has some significant system of systems issues to be addressed. So if you’re looking at those key programs that we’re going to be very interested in, they will be things like JP9347, Multi-Tactical Network, and JP9111, Joint C2. There aren’t off-the-shelf solutions and best of breed products will need to
be integrated and be adapted for the Australian need. Simi- larly, if you take Air 6500 there is no off-the-shelf solution that will meet the Australian need and strategic circumstances. JP 9102, Advanced SATCOM, is another similar program that will require unique Australian sovereign considerations. These projects are just examples of the complex systems of systems problems that will need to be solved for Defence and industry must be there to deliver these outcomes.
From a strategic partnership perspective, I’m convinced that the only way that we’ll be able to do business effective- ly in Australia is to team with other primes and with small to medium enterprise businesses here in Australia because we have to be better than the sum of the individual parts and that collaboration must underpin our ability to deliver best of breed solutions to Defence.
As I noted previously, I think that Defence has clearly in- dicated that they’re working on the Force Structure Review and we’ve had a number of briefs from the people that are actually running that part of the force structure planning exercise over a number of industry engagements. I think the issue for me would be that, unlike in times gone past with the Defence Capability Plan, we’ve had annual updates for the DIIP and that gives industry a very good indication of what’s staying in there, what’s moving and what’s not, be- cause we need to be able to adapt our organisation, look at our resource planning, our people and otherwise to be able to best respond to that.
The fact that since 2016 there hasn’t been any substantial updates and no increased visibility into exactly what’s mov- ing around and why it’s moving around makes it very difficult for industry to respond. The issue of industry as a Funda- mental Input to Capability (FIC) underpins this. I think that industry as a FIC in a sustainment context is working well. When you’re seeing lots of capability in the Air Force, Navy and Army where industry now is seen to be the steward of the capability and is more closely integrated in Defence in that regard. It’s the earlier parts of the Capability Life Cycle that I mentioned earlier where the industry input is required to ensure that we are setting the foundation for our future success that really needs to be addressed. ■
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