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A New Approach and Attitude to Electronic Warfare in Australia

“To let it drift or meander into some equilibrium would be a lost opportunity.

“It’s time to be bold.
“The arrival of F-35 in the next year or so is one prime opportunity, and one that will need bold leadership to
harness.

"The F-35 brings unprecedented EW capability, it can fight like no other fighter we have owned.

"Growler is an exceptional complementary capability and crossing personnel over between the teams will
bring amazing results.
“A good friend of mine from the US Navy planted this idea in my mind some months ago and it has significant
merit.

"Setting up a Growler to F-35 exchange program won’t be easy, it won’t fit well into a transition plan and it
will challenge some outdated mindsets, but it will be a brave move that will put innovation into overdrive.

“It’s an example of the new thinking we need to reshape the way we fight air combat.”

FIGURE 6 GROUP CAPTAIN BRAZ'S PRESENTATION AT THE WILLIAMS FOUNDATION SEMIANR

Group Captain Graz then dealt in the rest of his presentation on the challenges as he saw them in managing
the way ahead.

First, there is the challenge of managing growth.

Growler is a low density, high demand asset. He underscored that a key challenge was shaping and
managing a workforce that would insure that the EW capability is integrated within the Australian Defece
Force (ADF) beyond the platform itself.
Second, Growler will operate under significant constraints in spectrum licensing and security.

Third, “Growler is part of the overall rethinking necessary with regard to targeting or rethinking with regard
to payloads for the RAAF operating as part of an integrated 21st century combat force.

“Growler is a flexible system, manned by expert crew.

"It takes the initiative whenever possible but is by design a flexible sense and respond asset that is at its best
when given significant latitude in targeting.

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