By Nigel Pittaway
Air Marshal Geoff Brown introduces the Royal Australian Air Force's part of Plan Jericho.
Victoria, Australia — Speaking in Melbourne at the Chief of Air Force Symposium yesterday, on the eve of the 2015 Avalon Air Show, the chief of the Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown launched his vision of the future under Plan Jericho.
Plan Jericho is a strategy to transform the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by harnessing and learning the technological edge to be delivered with 5th-generation platforms such as the Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter.
With a name that alludes to a biblical story about breaking down walls, as well as a World War II operation that breached a Gestapo prison in occupied France, Jericho seeks to streamline procurement processes in defense and industry to make timely use of modern technology.
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