THE HON. GREG COMBET AM MP
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science
Friday, 4 December 2009
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IMPROVED AIR DEFENCE TRAINING
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today
announced that the Australian Army’s air defence simulators will be upgraded.
“This upgrade will provide Army with a more realistic controlled tactical
environment for the training of close-in air defence as well as an
ergonomically designed computer-aided environment for instructors to
efficiently evaluate trainees,” said Mr Combet
“The new upgrades include a dome display system. This unique system is
comprised of an array of commercial video projectors that project multiple
images into one panoramic view.”
“The entire virtual world consisting of terrain, sky, aircraft and weather is
displayed, providing a modern software-programmable training interface.
“The system is designed to allow for future upgrades as advances in video
projection technology provide increased resolution at reduced cost,” Mr
Combet said.
The simulator is based at 16 Air Defence Regiment at Woodside Barracks,
South Australia.
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and BAE Systems Australia
recently signed a $5m increase to the Advanced Air Defence Simulator
Operations and Maintenance Support Contract to replace obsolete hardware
and software. The work is scheduled for completion in February 2011.
BAE Systems have provided labour, support and maintenance services for the
simulator since October 2004.
Media contacts:
Rod Hilton (Greg Combet):
02 6277 4771 or 0458 276 619
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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