Information Management

Gaining and maintaining situational awareness across the operating environment is key for all Australian Defence Force operations.

Comprehensive situational understanding through gold-standard information management supports rapid decision making and assists the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to achieve decision superiority during military operations. This includes high quality and innovative geospatial information and products.

To fully integrate and exploit current and future geospatial capabilities for the ADF, we provide:

Geospatial data processing

Development and integration of software and hardware systems for the ADF.

Map production

Development and integration of software and hardware systems for the ADF.

Geospatial professional services

First-line technical and operational support in software, geospatial and mission data.

Mission data sets are integrated into a variety of fixed, deployed and disconnected environments.

These include more than 20 defence sites such as Defence Protected Network and Defence Secret Networks (DPN/DSN) and Deployable ICT Defence networks.

We work closely with partners including Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation and the Department of Defence to enable the production and distribution of data and maps to meet the ADF’s operational and tactical needs.

Through KBR’s Information Management, we support the ADF by providing accurate and current information to military operators.

We ensure ADF personnel are equipped with the best information to make informed, tactical and strategic decisions. Information Management delivers vital data, products and services including:

Mission Data Processing
Moving Map Display Capabilities
Geographic Names & Boundaries
Oceanographic Maps
Targeting Data
Topographic Mapping
Elevation and Depth Mapping
Image Processing
Aeronautical Chart Production
Maritime Charts

Our geospatial specialists are trained in using modern geospatial processing solutions including:

Esri Suite of Products
FME
ERDAS
Global Mapper
GeoServer
THREDDS
QGIS

Case study

Casey Station, Antarctica Map Conversion

Read about how we provided the map conversion for a successful C-17 airdrop over Casey Research Station.

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