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Shaping an Integrated Force in the Extended Battlespace

In the example cited by Captain Walker of the Type 45 destroyer as the wingman for an F-35, the task is
highlighted whereby target identification then pushes the choice of weapon to the appropriate capability in
the battlespace.

“How will I generate a weapons quality track at range and distribute that track to the best available
shooter?”

The Perspective of Lowell Shayn Hawthorne, Mitre Corporation: Evolving
Approaches to Integrated Air and Missile Defense

The Mitre executive started his presentation by articulating how he saw the Australian situation:

• The future will find Australian Defence Forces (ADF) conducting global operations
• In a variety of environments from low intensity up to Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) conditions
• Requiring IAMD to protect joint forces.

His presentation then went on to discuss the evolving threat environment, which requires more flexible and
enhanced integrated defense.

He argued that the strategic direction of the effort needed to ensure that “every asset is part of the IAMD
net.”

The rest of the briefing set out how he thought this goal could be achieved or put differently, what needed to
happen in order to achieve this objective.

He noted, “All systems must work together to achieve common goals in coalition and sovereign operations.”

This might well be a too hard to do issue, and perhaps can happen for a small subset of states but more
difficult across coalitions.

Indeed both Chief of Navy and the Commander of the Australian Fleet, both highlighted the importance of
sovereignty operations and the need to shape their integrated force obviously with close connections with the
United States.

Where best to fit in IAMD into the Australian picture?

The background of Lowell Shayn Hawthorne highlights in many ways the nature of the presentation.

Mr. Shayn Hawthorne has served as the Technical Director of the OSD/MDA Program Division since March
2014 where he has developed excellent relationships with his two Portfolio Directors and Division Leadership
while leading the Division through significant workforce shaping activities and helping both Portfolios achieve
significant growth.

Previously, Shayn led the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Space Knowledge Center as the Technical Director,
which performs independent technical assessments and evaluates experiments related to MDA space
programs currently being executed. There, Shayn worked with MITRE, other FFRDCs/UARCs, and the MDA to
achieve mission success. In previous MITRE work efforts, Mr. Hawthorne has been by-name requested to lead
Advanced Development efforts for Air Force space situational awareness, missile warning, and missile defense
sensors, as well as Command and Control (C2) systems and correlator/tracker systems.

The US built a missile defense agency, precisely to do missile defense. The problem is that in a warfighting
sense dealing with an adversaries’ missiles is even more of an offensive challenge than a defensive one, and
Second Line of Defense

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