Delivering Plan Jericho Integrating the Future Force

Government Intent – A more capable, agile and potent

future force There will be more emphasis placed on the joint force – bringing together different land, air, sea, intelligence, electronic warfare, cyber and space capabilities so the ADF can apply more force more rapidly and more effectively when called on to do so. Defence White Paper 2016

The Jericho Vision

The Jericho Vision is to develop a future force that is agile and adaptive, fully immersed in the information age and truly joint. The vision is underpinned by three core themes: Theme 1: Harness the Combat Potential of an Integrated Force Theme 2: Develop an Innovative and Empowered Workforce Theme 3: Change the Way we Acquire and Sustain Capability

Why We Must Transform

A rapidly changing strategic environment means we must look for new and better ways of staying ahead of our adversaries.

§  Evolving Threats

§  Increased competition for global commons

§  Unprecedented ability to access data

§  Government needs rapid and agile military options

§  Introduction of 5th generation technology

Why Transform Implementation Themes

Harness the combat potential of a fully integrated force

•  Future Air and Space CONOPs •  Enhanced C2 through Decision Superiority •  Train as we fight •  Integrated simulation and experimentation

Develop an innovative and empowered workforce

•  Culture of innovation •  Contemporary trade structures •  System of systems thinking •  Simplified horizontal and vertical organisational

structures

Change the way we acquire and sustain capability

•  Acquisition times match technology •  New ways to sustain capabilities •  Attending to the enablers •  Force by design

Vision

Agile

Adaptive

Information Age

Truly Joint

2015 2025 Air Force Implementation Plans

How We Will Transform

The Future Force will Demand More that Just a Top-down Design

The following design principles are shaping the implementation of Plan Jericho:

1.  Top-down design meets bottom-up innovation

2.  Strategy led: compass not map

3.  Combat Mission focused

Over the last 12 months Jericho has Designed a Framework to Set the Vector for Our Future

Activities Undertaken: •  Jericho Spring War-gaming workshop •  Developed the AF CONOPs •  Jericho Program of Work (15 projects) •  Jericho Dawn activities

Outcomes Achieved: •  AWC IOC Jan 16 •  AirView 360 •  FARP capability for C17/C-130 •  Enhanced AP3-C

communications •  LVC capabilities

Over the next 12 months Jericho will Focus on Delivering the three transformation themes

Over the next 12 months Jericho will undertake the following implementation activities:

•  Progress the Program of Work •  Foster Bottom-Up Innovation •  Refine AF CONOPs •  Conduct Acquisition Sprint •  Support new industry engagement models •  Transition Jericho Dawn to AWC

Jericho Experimentation – Maintaining our Technological Edge Over the next 12 months Jericho will be conducting a series of combat mission focused experimentation activities that will enable Air Force to maximise the delivery of air and space power effects. The experimentation activities will include:

•  Force level EW experimentation (geolocation) •  Airborne gateway demonstration •  Quantum Cryptographics •  OSA Demonstration •  LVC Study

Acquisition Sprint – Responding to Jericho Theme 3 Through Prototyping Innovation To maintain our Air Power advantage, Theme 3 of Plan Jericho intends to change the existing paradigm and methodologies by which Air Force acquires and sustains capability.

Current Acquisition Environment •  Process in lag of threats •  Contract relationship with Industry •  MOTS/COTS •  Crippled by Risk •  Stop Gap Upgrades •  Rapid by necessity

Future Acquisition Environment •  Responsive acquisition •  True Defence / Industry Partnership •  Innovation and Prototyping •  Risk aware •  Responsive Spiral •  Consistently Rapid by design

Procurement       Acquisi/on  &    Sustainment  

Select  3  prototype  teams    

Select  Prototype  to  develop  

Design  compe,,on    

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§  Prototype  §  Learn  §  Test    §  Op,mise  

§  Hand  over  

Exploration

Need  Iden/fica/on   Analysis  of  Broad  Op/ons     Analysis  of  Realis/c  Op/ons     Requirement  Ar/cula/on     Procurement    

§  Viable  proposals  for  the  prototyping  stage    

§  Viable  proposals  for  the  prototyping  stage    

§  Viable  prototype  for  acquisi/on     §  Innova/ve  contract  for  procurement  of  selected  prototype  capability    

Pre-­‐prepara/on      

Prepara,on

Concept Concept Refinement Pre-feasibility Feasibility Acquisition & In-

service New  CLC  

Innova/on    Forum    

-­‐Services/Groups  -­‐ DSTG/Academia  -­‐ Industry  -­‐ Stakeholders    

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§  Reframe  the  problem  

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§  Design competition commencement §  Development of contracting

mechanism for acquisition of capability

§  Define Air Force by Design concept §  Test CLC process (document

development)

§  Development of prototypes §  Complete contracting mechanism

for acquisition of capability §  Continue to refine Air Force by

Design concept §  Test CLC process (document

development

Acquisition Sprint – Responding to Jericho Theme 3 Through Prototyping Innovation

Future Focus

To achieve this Jericho’s future focus will include:

•  C4ISR enabled Information Control to support o  Decision Superiority o  Local Tactical Effects (lethality +

survivability) •  Open System Architecture •  Big Data (visualisation tools)

Jericho is committed to transforming Air Force into a fully integrated force that is capable of fighting and winning in the information age.

Open Systems Architectures

DARPA “seeks to develop and deliver systems architecture concepts for rapid integration of new U.S. technologies as they are developed, without requiring significant re-engineering of existing capabilities, systems, or systems of systems.”

Imagine Joint Combat Where…

•  Every decision maker has access to every bit of data on the planet – but has the tools and experience to find what is important

•  Every sensor shares rich information with every other sensor in the battle

•  Intelligent agents use the entire combat system to deliver an effect – ROE is in the software