The most versatile model for maritime air defence analysis has just got better.
SADM was developed by BAE Systems Australia originally to support the design and modelling of Nulka active missile decoy engagements. It has grown into a versatile operational analysis tool that simulates both task group and single ship operations against multiple aircraft and missile threats.
The SADM simulates own-ship and task group protection using guns, missiles, active decoys, chaff and jammers, and includes detailed models of shipboard sensors and their interactions with ship combat systems. It also includes weather effects to model signal propagation and signature attenuation in rain and other conditions.
We began developing the model in 1998, building on work from the Defence, Science and Technology Group. It is now vital technology for the 'Five Eyes' of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States, as well as many other allied countries around the world.
SADM v6 is in use in 39 organisations in 13 different countries. An upgrade to version seven will allow greater flexibility and scalability while enhancing the missile decoy’s effectiveness – ensuring it continues to protect Australian and allied fleets well into the future.
SADM features and analysis
SADM is a state-of-the-art physics-based modelling and simulation tool. It can assist an organisation gain a broad understanding of a system’s capabilities and vulnerabilities and to determine what tactics would provide the greatest likelihood of survivability.
Using SADM, analysts can conduct trade-off studies, performance analyses and explore an extensive range of scenarios that may be too costly and time prohibitive to be conducted as field trials.
Features
- Aircraft, Ships, Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV)
- Missiles (cruise, ballistic, intercept)
- Guns (Naval, CIWS)
- Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW)
- Countermeasures (active decoys, passive decoys)
- Electronic Attack (jammers)
- Radars, Directors and Illuminators
- Electronic Support Measures (ESM)
- Interrogator Friend, or Foe (IFF)
- EO/IR Sensors, including scene generation to support visual and infrared trackers
- Vulnerability/Lethality System
Analysis
To analyse the outcome of the simulation, SADM includes an extensive range of 2D, 3D and animated plots. SADM simulations can be viewed using the three-dimensional interactive graphical tool, SIMDIS™.
Architecture
Core SADM consists of the:
- Front end which is used for configuring the SADM models and creating scenarios.
- Back end which is used for running the SADM scenarios and generating data for the performance plots. The SADM back end can execute independently from the front end. This permits multiple copies of the backend to execute in parallel to support for larger trials.
Customisation
The core SADM product can be customised through:
- Plugins
- External sockets interfaces
Support services
We can also assist customers develop custom models of sensors, weapons and platforms from user-supplied data. We can provide bespoke training on the SADM product.