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Surveillance and Response Group

Evolving Surveillance and Response Group’s role in supporting Navy in

the extended battlespace

GPCAPT David Hombsch, COS SRG



The SRG Mission (revised 2016)

To sustain and enhance multi-domain intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance,

strike, control of the air, and airspace management and control capabilities,

across the full spectrum of operations, in support of Australia’s national interests.


To Sustain and Enhance• SRG role is Raise, Train

and Sustain.– Routinely force assigned

to CJOPS for operations.– 24/7, 365 days

• Capability through:– Equipment– People– Innovation


Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance

• Systems approach to ISR• Presence and persistence:

– MQ-4A Triton– P-8A Poseidon– E-7A Wedgetail– Gulfstream ISREW

• Resilience in denied environment:– Jindalee Operational Radar Network– Space Capabilities

• Pre-emptive; HADR response: UAS/MQ-4A


Strike• Anti-Surface/Anti-Sub

– P-8A Poseidon– Land-based ASCM (?)

• Air Interdiction/Strategic Attack– P-8A Poseidon– Medium Altitude Long Endurance RPA

• Electronic Warfare– P-8A Poseidon– E-7A Wedgetail– Gulfstream ISREW

Enabling and Enabled by:F-35GrowlerSuper-Hornet

& RAN (DDG/FFG/SH60R)


Control of the Air• SRG Enablers:

– E-7A Wedgetail– Vigilare and Space capabilities– Gulfstream ISREW

• Enhancing:– RAAF ACG (JSF, Growler, Super Hornet)– Networked and cooperative control– Overlapping Responsibilities

• Land, Maritime, Air

• Contesting:– AIR 6500


Airspace Management and Control• Networked & Multi-Domain

– Vigilare AIR6500 • Pervasive

– Jindalee Over the Horizon– Space Situational Awareness– Overhead Persistent Infra-Red– Electro-magnetic Spectrum

• Adaptable– Mobile and fixed– Integrated with Fleet

• Resilient– Survivable in denied and degraded operating environment

Surveillance and Response GroupDeployed

HQ/Base

DGS‐AUS

AOC

TIED

FFG

JORN/Strategic

Sensors

AWD

Airborne Weapons

Airborne C2

Airborne

Relay

Airborne Weapons

Airborne Sensors

LHD

SF/EW

SBIRS IBS‐CIB UHF SATCOM KA/KU/X

Broadband

Space Segment

US NAVY

Ground Targets

Homeland

Expeditionary

Airborne Targets Multiple Networks

Multiple Networks

Airborne Sensors

AIR6500‐2 Deployable

Ground Weapons

Airborne Targets

LND19‐7B

GBAMD

Mobile Ground Sensors

AIR 6500‐1 Mobile

Ground C4I

AIR6500‐1 Fixed C4I

ATC

SEA4100‐2GBMS

AIR6500‐1 Fixed/ Re‐

locatable Ground Sensors

Integrated; Multi-Domain; Full Spectrum


The People• Training continuum

– Air Academy shapes recruits– SRG develops proficient operators– AWC/AMWC teach/improve integrated TTP

• New roles/capabilities = New skills– Space (Enlisted and Officer)– UAS: pilots, payload operators– Intelligence exploitation requirements


The Challenges• Right people, right numbers, right skills• Interoperability leading to integration• Avoiding organisational stove-piping• Information classification and

compartmentalisation affecting utility of the Intelligence/Operations Mission Databases

• Denied, degraded and contested environments– training how we will have to fight– live, virtual, constructive


SRG Vision• SRG will deliver decisive operational capability to the

5th generation warfighter through comprehensive intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance, and superior multi-domain common picture compilation and fusion, in order to enable decision superiority for the precise execution of kinetic and non-kinetic effects, while preserving the security and safety of our sea and air lines of communication domestically and abroad.

• SRG will remain continuously prepared to defend Australia and our national interests on behalf of the Australian Defence Force, the Government of Australia and its people.


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