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Shaping an Integrated Force in the Extended Battlespace

Shaping an Integrated Force in the
Extended Battlespace

THE WILLIAMS FOUNDATION SEMINAR ON NEW APPROACHES TO
AIR-SEA INTEGRATION IN THE EVOLVING EXTENDED BATTLESPACE

Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 3

Rear Admiral Manazir in Australia: Allied Convergence on the Kill Web ............................................ 8

Vice-Admiral Barrett on the Way Ahead for the Australian Navy: Design the Force for Decisive and
Distributed Lethality ............................................................................................................................ 11

The Network as a Weapon System: The Perspective of Rear Admiral Mayer, Commander Australian
Fleet .................................................................................................................................................... 14

Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead Focuses on the Way Ahead for the Royal Australian Navy ............... 17

Shaping a Sustainable and Upgradeable Joint Force: The Perspective of Rear Admiral Tony Dalton 20

Captain Nick Walker Provides an Update on the Queen Elizabeth Class Carrier ............................... 22

Recrafting the Surveillance and Response Group for the Extended Battlespace: An Interview with Air
Commodore Heap, Commander of the SRG........................................................................................ 25

The Surveillance and Response Group and Air-Sea Integration ......................................................... 27

The Wedgetail in Evolution: Visiting Williamtown Airbase, August 2016.......................................... 29

An Update on Air-Sea-Land Integration for the ADF: The Perspectie of Brigadier General Mills........ 33

The Way Ahead for the RAAF in the Joint Forces Space and the Coming of the F-35: The Perspective
of Air Commodore Kitcher .................................................................................................................. 37

Recommendations for the Way Ahead to Craft a 21st Century Integrated Force................................. 41

Perspectives of the Panel at the Closing Session of the Williams Foundation Seminar................................. 41
The Perspective of John Conway, Raytheon Australia: Reshaping the Industrial-Government Working
Relationship to Support 21st Century Force Integration................................................................................. 43
The Perspective of Patrick Winter, BAE Systems, Australia: Reworking Systems Integration to Shape an
Integrated Force ............................................................................................................................................. 44
The Perspective of Rob Slaven, L-3 Communication Systems, Australia: The Challenge of Data Security in
Coalition Operations...................................................................................................................................... 44
The Perspective of Rear Admiral (Retired) Rapp, Senior Naval Advisor, CAE: The Crucial Role of LVCT in the
Crafting of an Integrated Force ...................................................................................................................... 45
The Perspective of John Thompson, Northrop Grumman: Shaping Capabilities to Prevail in the Electronic
Magnetic Warfare Maneuver Space ............................................................................................................... 46

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