Advanced Air Defence Simulator, Land 19 Phase 2B Defence Materiel Organisation 2006 Email the Support Office or call (02) 8288 8700 for media and project enquiries.

The Advanced Air Defence Simulator, acquired under Project Land 19 Phase 2B, enhances the effectiveness of Ground Based Air Defence Detachments by providing a leading edge immersive simulator for individual and group training and assessment of Ground Based Air Defence detachments. The system simulates multiple aerial targets, missiles in flight and allows a full engagement sequence to be assessed.The system recreates a simulated battlefield environment with noise, smoke, dust, weather and ambient lighting effects.

Prior to the introduction into service of the Advanced Air Defence Simulator, training and assessment of a Ground Based Air Defence detachment in the full sequence of an engagement was only possible with a live missile firing.Individual operators were trained to guide a missile by tracking a non-representative aerial target projected by a weapon simulator against a wall. Tactical controllers were trained during field exercises and radio exercises in barracks.All of these methods lacked the required realism and feedback.

The project scope included the construction of a purpose-designed building and the integration of two separate simulators. A major challenge was the integration of software and hardware from two major international defence contractors.

The inevitable slippages in a project with such a demanding schedule led to an added step in the project described as “provisional acceptance”.This was done to support Army’s scheduled training while a successful work off plan was implemented to satisfy all requirements.

The result for the 16^th Air Defence Regiment is a simulator that is a dramatic improvement in individual and collective training and assessment of Ground Based Air Defence detachments.The impact is greater operational effectiveness.

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