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A New Approach and Attitude to Electronic Warfare in Australia

FIGURE 14 DIRECTORS PLAN JERICHO, GROUP CAPTAIN PETE MITCHELL (LEFT) AND GROUP CAPTAIN CARL NEWMAN, BRIEF PERSONNEL
ATTENDING THE SENIOR AIRMAN CONFERENCE AT RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN.AUGUST 2017. CREDIT: AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
One of the barriers that we see at the moment is the security and policy framework that actually prevents that
from happening.
We see progress along these lines within Air Force, but we need ensure we can work with the Navy and Army
as well to establish a joint framework.

Laird: It seems that the E7 is really a forcing function aircraft for you in this overall effort to rework TTPs to
get more joint integration.

Recently, for example, the F-22s in Australia worked closely with Wedgetail to expand their capabilities to
work together.

There are examples that have already been demonstrated and it seems this aircraft and its evolution is
especially useful in the kind of approach which you are taking with Plan Jericho.

The Plan Jericho Team: That is a good point.

The E7 has significant potential and we need to ensure we establish a roadmap and growth path that meets
the joint force needs and then leverage that growth path as a key driver for much of Air Force’s airborne
integration efforts.

Laird: So in effect, you need to have a fifth generation security system to go along with the platforms shaping
a fifth generation air force, and in this case the Australian owned Wedgetail is a key enabler and forcing
function system.

In this case, it is far more than simply a platform.

The Plan Jericho Team: What we're actually looking at within Jericho next is defining and distilling what the
key themes, concepts, and characteristics and risks are to shaping a fifth-generation force.

"What are the defining characteristics?"
"If we can define those, then we have the opportunity to actually have a revolutionary look at security,
logistics, integrated tactics and even what a 5th Gen workforce needs to look like.

"At the recent Williams Foundation Seminar on Electronic Warfare, Group Captain Glen Braz hammered
home the point that we need to view Growler as part of the joint force, not as supporting the joint force.
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