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Our solutions increase performance and optimise results in areas that are of strategic importance worldwide. kongsberg.com ADBR.COM.AU 3 Initial SMART BUYING Point ANDREW McLAUGHLIN Contents ADBR SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 4 WORLD LEADER The Enhanced NASAMS selected for LAND 19 Phase 7B. 6 Background 7 Enhanced Sensors 8 Effectors 9 Vehicles he decision to pursue a and defence industry decision-making 10 Mk 2 Canister Launcher Single Supplier Limited associated with the project which has & High Mobility Launcher Tender for LAND 19 Phase saved considerable time and money. 10 Fire Distribution Centre 7B when it achieved Gate 1 And working on the assumption the Commonwealth approval weapon system is likely to be used in 10 NASAMS In Service in April 2017 caught many by surprise. anger at some point in its service life TThe Enhanced NASAMS solution then it will inevitably save lives, too. 11 The CAVE is an extremely potent and lethal air- It is easy to forget that 2016 was a year defence system, one which will maintain of significant change for the Department 12 Australian Industry Capability operational relevance for years to come as of Defence, not least due to the release 13 The Centre for Joint Integration part of a broader integrated air and missile of the new White Paper and associated defence capability, and which has some defence industry policy and organisational very potentially attractive growth options. changes, and it would therefore have been CASG says it’s newly-introduced Smart easy to trial Smart Buyer on a low profile, Buyer principles “enables project teams low value project. to identify key project risks and use that So the decision to implement the new risk analysis to develop tailored project Smart Buyer methodology in early 2017 execution strategies.” This is a strategy for LAND 19 Phase 7B was both courageous that could go horribly wrong if not and wise which, so far, appears to have DEFENCE | INDUSTRY | INTEGRATED applied prudently. resulted in a world-beating capability Under Smart Buyer, it would have made with a significant amount of Australian perfect sense at the time to go with a low- innovation and content. This is something risk proven system such as the ‘baseline’ for which a significant amount of credit NASAMS 1 system which is already in must go to all parties. service. Importantly, it is already integrated The central role of CASG supported by with US air defence architectures through Army as the customer and the Raytheon-led its operational employment in Washington industry team should not be understated. WORLD DC since 2005, and has also been sold to And while there is still plenty to be done LEADER! The Enhanced NASAMS passes Gate 2 several allied nations since. to achieve an operational capability, they VOL 38 - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 1 But what stands out for special mention should be congratulated for the stellar is the bold and effective cross-department progress to date. ADBR is published by: Managing Editor Art Director Felix Advantage 2019. COVER Andrew McLaughlin Daniel Frawley The Raytheon/KONGSBERG Enhanced Felix Advantage [email protected] All material published in PO Box 7166 Proof Reader ADBR is copyright and may NASAMS has been selected for the Warringah Mall Publisher Bruce McLaughlin not be used without the LAND 19 Phase 7B Short-Range BROOKVALE NSW 2100 John Conway express permission of the [email protected] Head of Sales publisher. Land-Based Air-Defence (SRGBAD) www.adbr.com.au Patrick Boucousis requirement. RAYTHEON CONCEPT IMAGE [email protected] patrick@aviatormedia. ISSN 1033-2898 +61 (0)2 6232 7474 com.au Twitter: @DefenceBusiness Facebook: @ADBRonline 4 LAND 19 PHASE 7B LAND 19 PHASE 7B WORLD LEADER! LAND 19 Phase 7B progresses to Gate 2 with the Enhanced NASAMS solution BY ANDREW McLAUGHLIN he world’s most advanced short- range ground-based air defence (SRGBAD) system will soon enter service with the Australian Defence Force, following the successful Gate 2 milestone approval of the Project LAND 19 Phase 7B SRGBAD program. TDefence Minister Christopher Pyne made the announcement of the selection of the Enhanced NASAMS option at a March 25 ceremony in Adelaide, while also announcing Raytheon Australia will establish a new Centre for Joint Integration (CJI) at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide. “This Government is committed to providing our troops with the best capabilities to fight and win, and protecting them from threats from the air is a key part of that,” Minister Pyne told ADBR. “As well as delivering significant and crucial capability to our Army, this project will also deliver hundreds of jobs.” The enhanced solution will feature a number of sensor, vehicle and integration options of Australian design added to the ‘baseline’ Raytheon/ KONGSBERG National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). “This new air defence capability combines world- leading Australian radar technologies with a highly effective air defence system that will contribute to the protection of our service men and women from modern airborne threats,” Minister Pyne added. “I’m delighted that two of Australia’s most innovative technologies will be used to enhance the effectiveness of NASAMS and contribute to one of the world’s best short-range ground-based air defence systems. The Thales Hawkei vehicle and the world-beating CEA Radar will add a real Australian edge to NASAMS.” WORLD LEADER! A proposed solution for the High Mobility Launcher (HML) integration with the Thales Hawkei PMV. RAYTHEON 6 LAND 19 PHASE 7B BACKGROUND The Enhanced option’s sensors including a mobile The Australian Army picked up the surface-to-air CEA Tactical (CEATAC) AESA fire-control radar missile (SAM) mission from the Royal Australian which is deployed from a housing on the rear of a Air Force in the 1970s, initially with the very limited- modified Thales Hawkei 2-door protected mobility range shoulder-launched FIM-43 Redeye man- vehicle (PMV) or on a towed trailer, a larger CEA portable air defence (MANPAD) system, and then Operational (CEAOPS) AESA search radar mounted with the acquisition of the British Aerospace Rapier on a Rheinmetall HX77 8x8 heavy truck, and a short-range air defence (SHORAD) system in 1980. Raytheon MTS-A electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) Designed to defend beach-heads, insertion points sensor with a 5m telescopic mast and housing, also and regimental headquarters against low-flying mounted on a Hawkei. aircraft, with a short range of less than 10km Rapier “What we’re going to be providing to the ADF is a had limited application beyond a point-defence role. world-class short-range ground-based air-defence The Redeye was replaced with the SAAB system,” Managing Director of Raytheon Australia Bofors RBS 70 MANPAD in the mid-1980s, and the Michael Ward told ADBR. “And I say world-class, fixed-launcher Rapier was replaced by additional because this system has a number of enhancements RBS 70 equipment in the mid-2000s. This additional which aren’t generally fitted to NASAMS solutions buy was accompanied with the introduction of an around the world. improved missile, which gave the RBS 70 a similar “It’s been an interesting journey on how we range to Rapier. got here,” Ward said. “Of course, the Government The RBS 70 has been continually upgraded in exercised a smart buyer decision a couple of years service and remains a capable short-range system. ago to move out on a limited tender with us, and off But with the proliferation of long-range air, surface the back of that we entered into a risk mitigation and sub-surface-launched threats in the Indo-Pacific activity, or RMA. region, the ADF’s platforms, people and infrastructure “The introduction of an AESA radar capability require much higher levels of protection. into NASAMS is a first, with Australia seeking to The LAND 19 Phase 7B SRGBAD project is the lead leverage its investment in CEA Technologies’ AESA element of the Commonwealth’s broader land based radar capability instead of the Sentinel radar,” Ward Integrated Air and Missile Defence added. “Two configurations of (IAMD) program, and it successfully the radar will be utilised, with the passed its First Pass (Gate 1) approval CEATAC replacing Sentinel as the milestone in April 2017. ‘It’s been an primary fire control radar, and The Gate 1 process was one of the interesting the larger CEAOPS radar used for first instances of Defence’s then new longer-range surveillance.” ‘Smart Buyer’ risk-based decision- journey on Other elements of the making framework, and saw a how we Enhanced NASAMS solution single-supplier limited request for got here.’ include Raytheon’s high mobility tender (RFT) released to Raytheon launcher (HML) for AIM-120 or Australia as prime system integrator AIM-9X Block 2 missiles mounted (PSI) for the Raytheon/KONGSBERG on rotating base on a Hawkei PMV, A Haulmark trailer with a NASAMS. the KONGSBERG Mk 2 canister launcher, and the CEATAC radar stowed in its The requirement of LAND 19 Phase 7B is to provide KONGSBERG air defence console in a containerised housing. CEA mobile tactical-level protection from air and indirect Fire Distribution Centre (FDC). fire threats to the Joint Force, and is designed to be Raytheon also proposed that, in addition to the integrated with the ADF’s existing sensor network AMRAAM missiles that were already in ADF service that includes Vigilare, the RAAF’s E-7A Wedgetail with the RAAF, there was significant Government AWE&C and C2 platform, and Navy’s new Hobart Furnished Equipment (GFE) already in or entering class Aegis destroyers.