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A New Approach and Attitude to Electronic Warfare in Australia

The goal is to accelerate blue side’s OODA loop while slowing red sides OODA loop.

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.

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.

The Way Ahead for the RAAF in the Integrated Defense Force: The
Perspective of Air Marshal Leo Davies
The RAAF is certainly leading the pack in shaping and crafting a fifth generation air force.

In my most recent interview with the Air Commander Australia the strategic shift was described very clearly.

Question: You have raised the question of the shift in recruitment and training with regard to your pilots.

How would you regard the shift on the demand side for the pilot?

Air Vice-Marshal Roberton: You go from having to manage a package to being a node, a sensor, and a shooter
in a network.

We are no longer operating as little bespoke package and building block of a force.

If you’re doing this properly to prepare for a fifth-generation fight, you start them in the middle of the web, and
our warfighters understand what they can contribute and where they can draw upon to be a sensor and a shooter
in that web.
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