The first specialized laboratory in Poland to train air defence officers began operations at the Air Military Academy in Dęblin. It will let the subject to practice planning and conducting the fight against the usage of command systems utilized in the Armed Forces of Poland, including Zenit, SAMOC and Pilica.
New studio a university in Dęblin was designed as a faithful mapping of the actual operating environment of air defence command stations (OPL), where decisions are made under time force and with a advanced complexity of information. According to LAW spokesperson Major Marek Przedepelski, the intent of the Antiaircraft defence Fire Management laboratory is to decision distant from training based mainly on explanation for applicable preparation for service. The Podchorzyżes are to gain first of all command and operator skills associated with conducting anti-aircraft operations utilizing modern command and fire management systems used, presently implemented and developed in the Armed Forces of Poland.
The curriculum is based on solutions utilized in Zenit and SAMOC systems (responsible for aerial situation image and fire coordination) and elements Pilica system (an anti-aircraft set of very short-range, designed to shield bases and critical infrastructure from low-flying targets, including unmanned ones).
– The uniqueness of this laboratory is that it is aimed not at the demonstration of equipment or training solely from the operation of a single device, but at the full command process and the directing of anti-aircraft defence fire. In practice, this means that the subject learns not only what the strategy is, but how to operate within the full combat system: from the adoption of information on the air situation, through analysis and decision, to the separation of objectives and coordination of fire activities – explains Major Pre-full and adds that earlier training was more theoretical or based on simplified models. “The fresh laboratory, on the another hand, allows us to decision to applicable teaching, embedded in the realities of modern battlefield, where consequence time, appropriate exchange of information and appropriate management of fire in a complex air hazard environment are important,” he notes.
Integrated Air defence Exercises
One of the most crucial functions of the fresh infrastructure is the ability to conduct complex simulations involving the interaction of different layers of air defence. In practice, this means exercises involving the cooperation of very short and short scope systems, data exchange between command and crew stations, and analysis of multi-layered air threats. Simulations besides let to train goal-sharing and coordination of fire activities in an integrated air defence environment. This is of peculiar importance in the context of the Pilica+ programme, which implies a combination of respective projects into a single coherent strategy of very short and short-range defence.
According to university representatives, modern air defence requires strategy thinking, not just cognition of individual platforms. “The laboratory is expected to prepare future officers to operate in specified an environment – integrated, dynamic and demanding close cooperation of many elements at the same time”, emphasises LAW spokesman.
Army modernization element
The fresh laboratory straight fits into the process of modernization of the Polish Armed Forces. As the university's representatives emphasize, technology improvement must go hand in hand with the preparation of personnel capable of utilizing them effectively. Modern anti-aircraft defence is based on integration of sensors, command systems and fire agents. In specified an environment, not only an officer who can operate the system, but besides an officer who understands its operation in a wider operating strategy and is able to make decisions under dynamic conditions on the battlefield. Therefore, the laboratory is to be, as the spokesperson points out, a "bridge" between the method modernization of the army and the preparation of soldiers for service in the fresh system. – This is not a teaching separated from military practice, but the preparation of staff for service in a strategy that is presently being developed and upgraded – assures Major Przedepleski.
The fresh infrastructure besides has an industrial dimension. The Academy announces the expansion of cooperation with national defence companies and the acceleration of investigation and improvement in the area of OPL.
International IADS semester. 2 months of intensive training
The authoritative beginning of the laboratory coincided with the inauguration of the global Air Defence Semester (IADS) in the Oderlin University under the Erasmus+ programme. The task is attended by subjects from Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Within 2 months, they will implement a programme on modern air defense: unmanned air systems, cybersecurity and rocket technologies. The plan provides for the exchange of students and training at partner air force academies. Joint modules are to build interoperability and harmonise procedures within NATO's allied structures. Classes combine explanation with practice – from analysis of the threats of the UAS to workshops from network and command systems from cyber attacks. For participants it is an chance to work in global teams and exchange experiences.
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