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The reality is that an IAMD Program incorporates component capabili=es of many other
Programs.

Considera=on of the weapons component of an IAMD Program would also be a challenge
given that the only weapons-specific Program is “Explosive Ordnance,” which appears to
have a logis=cs focus, with the majority of weapons systems spread amongst the other
Programs, as a part of integrated capabili=es.

This discussion of the Program design challenge points towards an ‘Integrated by design’
theme. This theme has been explored in the RAAF’s Plan Jericho as a means of thinking
beyond component capabili=es and results in the Jericho meme where “top-down design
meets boNom-up innova=on.” This meme is aspira=onal as capability development has, in
reality, been “ boNom-up design results in the need for top-down innova=on” where we
have had to rely on arer-market integra=on to achieve the required capability.
Complica=ng this issue even further is that the 40 Programs have been allocated to mul=ple
leads and the linkages between the Programs do not appear to have been well defined,
other than their rela=ve posi=on on a matrix. The IAMD Program is under the Strike and Air
Combat Capability Stream, and under the leadership of the Chief of Air Force; is that the
appropriate loca=on for the IAMD Program?

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