Australian Defence Force (ADF) Case Study

A common platform for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to manage its vehicles, aircraft, people and assets.

The Australian Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and several “tri-service” units.

The Challenge

The ADF required a common operating picture across a range of objects including vehicles, aircraft, people and assets, role dependant equipment facilitating differentiated levels of communication, tracking and lone worker support for ADF staff, contractors and civilians.

They needed a solution that would meet data access and privacy requirements, configurable user role definitions defining platform functionality accessible, assets visible and configurable.

To provide visibility and control of commercial ventures, the incorporation of commercial fleets as a subset of the ADF Compliance Management Team (CMT) fleet hierarchy.

The Solution

The Global Alerting Platform (GAP) provides the common operating picture (single pane of glass for all assets) in support of a range of security and operations, that the CMT required. GAP has been deployed for ADF staff, contractors and civilians, selecting in each case equipment fit for purpose, providing situational awareness (peer to peer).

The Results

The CMT has deployed a range of lone worker devices from the GAP portfolio of supported devices; providing traceability, two-way communications (including voice), duress and man-down support for ADF staff, contractors and civilians operating outside of cellular coverage in the Woomera protected area.

CMT has exploited the highly configurable role-based capability of the GAP platform to deliver the tightly controlled, hierarchical security structure required to support operations.

“The Global Alerting Platform has been critical to the success of the Compliance Management Team leading the way in Safety and Security within the Range environment”

Trevor Seebohm–Access Administration Compliance Officer