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A New Approach and Attitude to Electronic Warfare in Australia

A New Approach and Attitude to

Electronic Warfare in Australia

BY DR. RO BBIN F. LAI RD

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2

An Historical Perspective on RAAF Airborne Electronic Attack ............................................................. 6
Electronic Warfare up to the End of the Second World War .............................................................................. 6
Electronic Warfare during the Cold War ........................................................................................................... 7
Electronic Warfare in the Modern Age ............................................................................................................. 9
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................ 10

Leveraging Growler ............................................................................................................................ 11
Group Captain Braz on the RAAF and the Way Ahead on Electronic Warfare .............................................. 11
CDR Mike Paul on the Partnership with Australia and Shaping a Way Ahead ............................................. 14
Group Captain Braz and the Coming of the Growler to the Australian Defence Force .................................. 17
HAVOC Works the Electronic Warfare Payload in the Digital Battlespace ..................................................... 21
Shaping an Integrated Force with Distributed EW Capabilities ........................................................... 23
Air Commodore Chipman on Electronic Warfare Within the Evolving Integrated Force ................................ 23
Lt. General (Retired) Davis Focuses on Distributed Electronic Warfare Capabilities ...................................... 27
Visiting the Prowler: USMC Electronic Warfare Capabilities in Transition ..................................................... 31
EA-6B Prowlers in "Final Four" Flight: The Marines Look to a New Approach to Electronic Warfare ........... 33
The Next Phase in the Evolution of USMC UAS Capabilities: An Interview with Colonel Barranco .............. 35

Key Australian Building Blocks for Shaping an Distributed EW Capability for the Integrated Force .. 39
Wedgetail and Its Evolution ........................................................................................................................... 40
An Update on Wedgetail: And Shaping a Way Ahead with a Software Upgradeable Multi-Mission 21st
Century Combat Capability ........................................................................................................................... 44
CEA Technologies and Software Upgradeable Combat Systems ................................................................... 46
The Way Ahead for the RAAF in the Joint Forces Space and the Coming of the F-35: The Perspective of Air
Commodore Kitcher ....................................................................................................................................... 50
A Plan Jericho Perspective on Working the Integration Challenges .............................................................. 54
Building in Integration: Reshaping Training and Encompassing Development ............................................. 58

Conclusion: Shaping a Way Ahead with Electronic Warfare Capabilities ........................................... 61
The Way Ahead for the RAAF in the Integrated Defense Force: The Perspective of Air Marshal Leo Davies 65

Appendix: The F-35 and Tron Warfare ................................................................................................ 69
The Emergence of Tron Warfare ..................................................................................................................... 69

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