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F E AT U R E S
• Proveninoperationaltraining-provideslow-risk,cost-effectivetrainingsolution.
• Canbetailoredtomeeteachuser’sspecifictrainingrequirements.
• RunsonCOTSPCs.
• HLAevolvedcompliant(IEEE1516.2010).
• CanbefederatedwithanyotherPROTEUStrainingsystem,or:
• orKongsbergMaritime’sPOLARIStrainingsystems.
• orwiththirdpartylegacytrainersusingeitheranHLAorDISinterface.
• Long-termfollow-onsupportcontractavailableifrequired.
P R O T E U SSwarmTrainer
ThePROTEUSSwarmTrainerprovidesarealisticthreatenvironment,inwhichallkeyelementsofadefenseagainstaswarmattackcanbeexercisedinacommonscenario.
Trainingisconductedinahighly-stressedenvironmentrepresentativeofreal-worldengagements.
PROTEUSSwarmTrainerexercisesarecompetitive.
Competitionpromotesdiscussionandinnovation.
ThebasicPROTEUSSwarmTrainerusesaHLAfederationoftrainers,butitcanalsoincorporatelegacytrainersthatuseDIStechnology.
ThePROTEUSSwarmTrainerbuildsanunderstandingofswarmtactics,enablingusersto‘thinkswarm’.
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A S Y M M E T R I C N AVA L WA R FA R E - T H E T H R E ATShipstransitingchokepoints,suchastheStraitofHormuz,mayfaceanasymmetricnavalthreatconsistingofaswarmoffastinshoreattackcraftcapableofspeedsinexcessof50knots.Someofthoseswarmvesselsmustclosewithinvisualdetectionrangeoftheirtarget,wheretheyarevulnerabletothetarget’sdefences.However,swarmvesselsarmedwithlongerrangeradarorinfrared-guidedanti-shipmissilescouldlaunchlethalattacksfrombeyondvisualrange.Tocounterthesemorelethal‘SilverBullet’threatsrequiresalayereddefense,wherebytheshipunderattackwouldrelyonarmedhelicoptersandUAVstodetect,identifyanddestroythe‘SilverBullet’threatsbeforetheylaunchtheirmissiles.
Aship’sverysurvivaldependson:timelyidentificationofthelethalthreatvessels;closecoordinationandaccuratecommunica-tionsbetweentheCombatInformationCentre(CIC),thebridgeteam,lookoutsandcrew-servedweaponoperators;andoptimaltaskingofsupportinghelicoptersandarmedUAVstoneutralisethe‘SilverBullet’threats.Thewholedefensiveteammustworkasonewithacarefullycoordinatedresponsetoprovideanacceptablechanceofcounteringtheswarmattack.
ThePROTEUSSwarmTrainerprovidesatrainingenvironmentwheretheperformanceofthewholelayereddefenceteamcanbehonedtoperfection.CustomerscaneitherpurchaseanewPROTEUSSwarmTrainersolution,ortheirexistingtrainerscanbefederatedintoaPROTEUSSwarmTrainerusingwell-provenhighlevelarchitecture(HLA)ordistributedinteractivesimulation(DIS)protocols.OncetheappropriatetrainingsystemsarelinkedtotheSwarmTrainerrun-timeinfrastructure(RTI),alltraineesbenefitfrombeinglinkedtogetherinacommonscenariowheretheycanpractisetheirinteractionasinreallife.ThePROTEUSSwarmTrainerimprovescrewresponseunderpressuretodefendtheirshipandenhancetheirchancesofsurvival.
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