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A New Approach and Attitude to Electronic Warfare in Australia
If you create enough uncertainty in the operators, then you can achieve an effect even if it’s not degraded.
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Lt. General (Retired) Davis, recently the Deputy Commandant of Aviation, built from the core perspective of
these two Tron Warriors to emphasize that for the USMC, electronic warfare capabilities are something which
the insertion force needed as a core capability, not a specialized asset to be flown in from time to time.
He highlighted the Marine Corps approach to enabling the MAGTF with integrated EW capabilities, ranging
from Intrepid Tiger pods on aircraft, to the F-35B, to the payloads on Blackjack, and to the coming new UAV
which will be payload configurable.
The seminar organizer, John Conway, highlighted during the seminar and in talks after the seminar, the
centrality of building EW into the operational art for the evolving combat force.
It is about reshaping the payloads, which can be delivered by the integrated force across the spectrum of
warfare.
The introduction of the Growler is an important jump start to Australian capabilities, but it comes into the force
as the Aussies are working force integration hard.
This effort will inform how they use Growler and according to CDR Mike Paul will be very helpful as the US
Navy transitions from a kill chain to a kill web focus.
In short, the seminar provided a case study of shaping a way ahead for broadening the capability, which the
evolving 21st century combat force, can deliver.
FIGURE 4 LT. GENERAL (RETIRED) JON DAVIS
And as Lt. General (Retired) Davis put it with regard to the Williams Foundation contribution:
“Hats off to the Williams Foundation for what you do.
"You provide a venue where you can share your ideas, be challenged, and to do so in a joint community.
"And it is done in public so can inform a broader discussion.”
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