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The Australian government, in partnership with Lockheed Martin Australia, has made a significant investment to upgrade the ADF’s simulation capabilities in order to support Defence personnel in future operations.
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Lockheed Martin Australia will be supported by NEC Australia and Calytrix Technologies in this important project to provide more simulation-supported training events on a broader scale and ensure that simulation-enabled collective training is conducted in secure and realistic environments as part of JP9711.
Defence Minister Christopher Pyne said the contract Defence had entered into with Lockheed Martin Australia formed part of the government’s total investment of $897 million in ADF simulation capabilities.
“The partnership with Lockheed Martin Australia will deliver Defence’s core simulation capability and result in new simulation technologies integrating with existing ADF systems,” Minister Pyne said.
Senator Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence Industry, said the Lockheed Martin Australia consortium required a skilled workforce, increased by 100 personnel for this project, to deliver this transformative capability.
“I congratulate the consortium for their continued involvement in science, technology, engineering and maths programs. The Core Simulation Capability Project is another example of the government supporting Australian industry by providing opportunities to excel,” Minister Reynolds added.
As a former reserves officer, Minister Reynolds highlighted the importance of enhanced training and simulation capabilities for the modern ADF, saying, “We want our soldiers, sailors and aircrew to be fully prepared for any situation they may face. Simulation is a vital part of that preparation and provides training opportunities that are not always possible in real-world situations.”
Lockheed Martin Australia leads a team of partners providing a uniquely Australian solution for the ADF, creating up to 100 jobs located in Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. This partnership is at the heart of Lockheed Martin Australia’s enduring commitment and presence in Australia as an industry partner and sovereign capability enabler.
Vince Di Pietro, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Australia, said: “JP9711 will transform the ADF’s approach to training and simulation, ensuring the latest technologies are used to best prepare our service personnel for the complexity and challenges of the future.”
The partnership with Calytrix Technologies and NEC underpins Lockheed Martin’s continued commitment to developing and sustaining relationships with highly innovative high-tech local companies.
Calytrix is a prime example of Lockheed Martin Australia’s commitment to supporting Australian-owned businesses, delivering not just job opportunities but the further development of its cutting-edge virtual 3D training software (Titan), thus enhancing local IP and export opportunities.
This contract is an example of supporting opportunities for local sovereign industry to successfully compete for prime contracts in both local and global supply chains.
Amy Gowder, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutions based in Orlando, Florida, said: “We are very excited to offer this capability to the ADF. Our Distributed Mission Training capability integrates live, virtual and constructive entities into one shared training environment, creating interoperability across all military platforms.”
“We’re going to leverage our proven track record of integrated simulation training system delivery, bringing our very best capability to Australia,” Gowder added.
Calytrix Technologies procides simulation solutions to many defence forces globally. Shawn Parr, chief executive officer of Calytrix Technologies based in Perth, Western Australia, said Calytrix has been instrumental in providing simulation support for the total system.
“Calytrix has been a key developer of the ADF’s current joint simulation capability since 2006. The JP9711 program provides the opportunity for Calytrix to directly leverage this experience and to support the warfighter well into the future with next generation training technologies and services,” Parr said.
NEC Australia demonstrates its commitment to the ADF with the delivery of a world-class training and simulation platform, providing the ICT infrastructure backbone and interfaces for the end-to-end JP9711 solution.
Mike Barber, NEC Australia managing director, said: “We were chosen for this partnership because of our world-leading ICT capabilities and delivery to enterprise and government, including Defence, and to know that this will be used by our present and future Defence personnel in their training is a proud moment for our company.”
Under JP9711, Defence requires Core Simulation Capability (CSimC) services that will meet the demand for Simulation-enabled Collective Training in order to meet ADF’s preparedness directives.
The target CSimC capability sought by Defence is the capability to realise an available on demand, integrated and distributed managed simulation service, including enhancement and sustainment services, which underpin ADF single-service, joint and combined (with allies) simulation-enabled collective training.
