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Are we at risk of relearning the lessons of the US IAMD experience? In the absence of an
integrated design, we could acquire IAMD components in a stove-piped or clustered fashion,
deferring the full system integra=on of the IAMD Program to an “arer-market” problem and
incurring unnecessary future opera=onal risk and considerable addi=onal cost as a result.
This lesson could apply to all Programs and not just IAMD.

The main recommenda=on that emerged from the ini=al study research was that an IAMD
Program-level design needs to be developed as a maNer of priority in order to provide a top-
down, integrated design across all IAMD component and related Projects. This
recommenda=on implies, at first glance, the development of an IAMD narra=ve, CONOPS
guidance, and architectures. Whilst the US IAMD vision and resul=ng JIAMDO guidance
provides a good template for Australia, it needs to be adapted for Australia’s specific needs
and circumstances.

The Australian IAMD Program needs to develop a Roadmap for IAMD that addresses issues
such as who we follow and what level of acquisi=on risk is appropriate given the opera=onal
risks we may face in the future. Such a Roadmap should iden=fy ini=al Project steps and
how we will eventually integrate with the future US IAMD Program, as illustrated below.

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