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Designing the Integrated Force: How to Define and Meet the Challenge?

Designing the Integrated Force:

How to Define and Meet the

Challenge?

BY DR. RO BBIN F. LAI RD

The Seminar Approach and Program .................................................................................................... 2

The Seminar and the Way Ahead for the Integrated Combat Force ...................................................... 4
The Need for a Strategic Approach .................................................................................................................. 5
The Perspective of VADM Ray Griggs ............................................................................................................. 6
The Perspective of the Force Design Division .................................................................................................. 8
The Perspectives of the Services on Forging an Integrated Force .................................................................... 9
How do you fight with the force you have while you pursue development of a more integrated force? ..... 12
Shaping a Way Ahead – The Perspective of Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Blackburn ....................................... 16
Reshaping the Industrial-Government Working Relationship to Enable Integrated Force Design ...... 19

Integrated Force Design: The Service Perspectives .............................................................................. 27
Focusing on the Joint Effect: Air Marshal Leo Davies and the Way Ahead for the RAAF ............................. 27
How to fight with the Fleet you have today and Prepare for the Fleet of the Future? The Perspective of Vice
Admiral Tim Barrett ........................................................................................................................................ 29
The Challenge of Shaping Future Capabilities Informing the Evolving Force: The Perspective of Air
Commodore Chipman .................................................................................................................................... 32
The Point of the Joint Effect: A More Lethal and Survivable Force ................................................................ 35
Australian Army Modernization: An Update from Brigadier General Mills .................................................. 38

Platforms, Capabilities and Shaping the Joint Effect .......................................................................... 43
An Update on the Australian Wedgetail and Its Evolution: A Discussion with Wing Commander Stuart
Bellingham ..................................................................................................................................................... 43
Building Tanker 2.0: The Aussie Perspective ................................................................................................. 46
Group Captain Braz and the Coming of the Growler to the Australian Defence Force .................................. 49
Shaping Cultural and Generational Change in the RAAF: The Perspective of Air Commodore “Zed”
Roberton ........................................................................................................................................................ 52
Air Combat Group develops improved training methodology and new approaches to re-role program for
fast jet pilots .......................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Proud fast jet pilots graduate to fly F/A 18A/B Hornets ............................................................................................ 56
Transitioning to the F-35: The Aussies and the F-35 Global Enterprise ......................................................... 58
Standing Up the P-8/Triton Maritime Domain Strike Enterprise in Australia: Visiting RAAF Edinburgh ........ 63
Conclusion: Shaping a Way Ahead .................................................................................................... 68

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