Information Warfare Directorate RAAF


The Information Warfare Directorate of the Royal Australian Air Force's Air Warfare Centre is the Australian Defence Force's central institution dealing with tactical information warfare.
Although under the command of the Air Force, the IWD draws personnel from both the Australian Army and Navy. In turn the IWD develops and manages information warfare capabilities for land and maritime theatres in addition to aerospace. Within the Department of Defence there is also an Information Warfare Division, formed in 2017.
The Information Warfare Directorate is home to the Royal Australian Air Force's Intelligence, Cyber and Electronic Warfare support functions. It comprises four units, each with specialists that enhance and enable war-winning capabilities for the RAAF and the wider Australian Defence Force. The Information Warfare Directorate thus provides asymmetric advantages to the Australian Defence Force over potential adversaries.
IWD have experted personnel located at all the major RAAF bases and also within the Defence Complex in Canberra. IWD also has personnel deployed on Exercises and Operations, including the Middle East, on an almost continual basis.

Units

The Information Warfare Directorate contains the following units: