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Nathan Herrmann

Jul 28, 2026

0:47
So, um, Nathan, um, can you kick us off with the history of the pr- of the system?
0:51
Yeah, sure, Grant.
0:52
Look, JORN has an exquisite history in Australian defense industry and defense in general.
0:58
You know, starting back in the 1950s, a gentleman named John Struth, who came out from the UK, started experimenting with high-frequency signals, uh, sending a signal between Adelaide and Melbourne and proving that they could refract a signal through the ionosphere, which is the phenomenon on which OTHR is based.
1:19
Uh, DST Group then, uh, took th- and built a Jindalee experimental system in Alice Springs, and from that research project, uh, they involved industry in the development of the Stage B system, uh, which now has become Radar 3 in the JORN network.
1:40
Uh, in the nineteen, late 1980s, the Australian government decided to invest in over-the-horizon radar as an economical way of providing maritime and air surveillance over Australia's northern reaches, and that, that initiated the JORN project, which delivered Radar 1 in Queensland and Radar 2 Western Australia, and a command and control center to control those systems here at RAAF Base Edinburgh in Adelaide.
2:08
Uh, from there, there's been enhancement programs, and we're now embarking on JORN Phase 6, which is a major midlife upgrade.
2:57
So BAE Systems Australia, what's BAE Systems doing, uh, with JORN? Um, what's the involvement and specifically both your departments? So maybe start with you, Nathan.

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