Anitcom Case Studies

Anitcom was the integrator of choice for the Royal Australian Air Force to
upgrade the communications and security infrastructure at their base in Butterworth, Malaysia. This case study provides a detailed account of the scope of services Anitcom provided in this challenging project.

As part of Australia's defence policy, Australian service personnel are required to serve at defence bases in countries overseas, fulfilling agreements made by our Government with other nations under various defence treaties.

To honour this agreement, Australia undertook to maintain in part, an Air Force Base at Butterworth in Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia.

Work on the present Base was started in 1955 with the Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force having various squadrons of combat and support aircraft at Butterworth, providing a forefront to the defence of Australia and helping to defend Malaysia against possible attack. Australian Air Force involvement has continued from then until the present day, where, with consideration of recent regional and global incidents, a renewed commitment has been made to the area.

In December 2000 Anitcom was contracted to provide a fast tracked, staged solution to the inadequate communications and security infrastructure then situated on the shared base facility covering firstly, mission critical communications to support regional operations and secondly, base communications infrastructure and security systems

Covering seven (7) years, Anitcom and nominated partners and contractors designed, installed and maintained capabilities to the Australian Command and Support Precinct as varied as Unclassified Voice Systems, Restricted, Secret and above Classified Data Systems, video surveillance, High Level monitored security systems, power generation, physical security and OPURGENT response to support Humanitarian efforts such as OP Tsunami Assist late 2004 and OP Sumatra Assist early 2005.

Case Study 2 - Deployable Data Nodes (DDN)

This case study looks at our solution for providing advanced communications services for the Australian Defence Organisation in the harshest of conditions. Anitcom has been the design authority for complex deployable communications solutions known as Deployable Data Nodes (DDN) for the Australian Defence Organisation.

These solutions are self contained, ruggedised, and fully transportable communications systems designed for the most remote and harshest of environments.

They are capable of providing services ranging from battlefield communications and remote site conference facilities, to simple tasks such as email and phone calls back to base, or to loved ones at home.

Anitcom designed secure and fault tolerant nodes that are housed in air-conditioned cases and run from 110 volt 60 cycle or 240 Volt 50 cycle mains or diesel generators, and Solar power. These solutions are capable of transmitting voice, video and data from remote locations over a variety of WAN communications mediums including ADSL, leased line or Satellite.

Solutions delivered so far have involved a Central LAN node capable of hosting 52 clients including servers, PCs, laptops, VoIP telephones as well as standard telephones or facsimiles. For larger geographical areas Remote LAN nodes have been developed to extend the range of the Central LAN node up to distances of approximately 20 kilometres.

Remote LAN nodes are housed in cases that are capable of hosting 48 clients including servers, PCs, laptops, VoIP telephones as well as standard telephones or facsimiles. Additional users can be added to both the Central Node and Remote Nodes by adding additional LAN switches to the node that requires expansion. Local connectivity between the Central LAN and Remote LAN nodes can be designed with both wireless Ethernet and Fibre Optics with an automatic fail over. Voice over IP gateways provide the local PABX function in concert with a central PABX via a WAN trunk interface.

Case Study 3 - Consultancy and IT Project Management Summary

Working under a number of Defence and Government projects in varied roles Anitcom has accumulated a wealth of experience operating within the fluid and rapidly changing environments surrounding Defence communications requirements.

Experience gained by Anitcom recently includes project management and contractor liaison under DCISS; rapid acquisition, integration and overseas management with varied RMAF Butterworth tasking under the Royal Australian Air Force’s Combat Support Group; Requirements analysis, customer liaison, design and management under consultancy tasks including DNOC, JEWOSU and 2 SQN Precinct; and, rapid response within OPURGENT tasks under examples such as OP SUMATRA ASSIST.

Anitcom has a wealth of very competent, resourceful and innovative project managers, integrators and solutions providers. Anitcom has an extensive working knowledge of Defence capability development, projects and ADF operations both from previous military experiences and from constant interaction with Defence throughout our combined Industry career.

Anitcom’s combined 100 years of experience in systems engineering and project management and delivery as communications professionals has invariably been oriented towards the development, support and activation of complex resilient systems in a timely and cost beneficial manner.

Consulting engineers for communications for the ONEPAC Project Hunter Business Centre Newcastle for RESTRICTED systems.

Consulting engineers for communications design Defence Network Operations Centre HMAS Harman for TOP SECRET, SECRET and RESTRICTED systems.

Consulting Engineers for and developed the communications cabling specification for TUAV Project Enoggera for SECRET and RESTRICTED systems.

Contracted to Department Of Defence to manage and develop communications specifications and contractor works for the Upgrade to RAAF Williamtown Defence SECRET Network.

Consulting engineers for and developed the communications cabling specification for 2 Squadron Headquarters building at RAAF Williamtown for TOP SECRET, SECRET and RESTRICTED ystems.

Undertook Network infrastructure and communications design and managed installation services for the upgrades to the Directorate of Command and Intelligence Support systems Defence Establishments at Enoggera, AEA Melbourne and ADT Bendigo, Richmond, Williamtown, Williams, Townsville, Tindal, Darwin, Pearce, East Sale and many other Defence Establishments.

Consulting Engineers for and developed the Communications Functional Design Briefs for RAAF Williamtown Stage 1 Redevelopment.

Consulting Engineers for and developed the Communications specification for TFSPO at RAAF Williamtown.

Consulting Engineers for and developed the Communications specification for the extension of the COMCEN RAAF Williamtown.

Analysis and Design of HMAS WATERHEN SECRET and RESTRICTED Communications ship docking capability.

Consulting Engineers for the Headquarters Joint Operational Command Building Prime Systems Integrator.

Case Study 5 - Border Protection

In late 2007 BPC (Border Protection Command) of ACS (Australian Customs Service) contacted Anitcom to fast track the design and construction management of an Interim High Density Server Room to facilitate operationally necessary software development in the AMIS (Australian Maritime Identification System).

This task included consultancy and liaison with operations and development staff, covering working and server room area environmental including primary and redundant power sources, physical construction to meet mandated physical security requirements, server room layout, power and varied data reticulation to working area, lighting, air conditioning and high security monitored electronic security.

Case Study 6 -Relief

Anitcom was contacted in late 2004 following the tragic Asian Tsunami to assist AUSAID and Australian Defence Organisation operations in the region providing humanitarian relief to Banda Aceh and other affected areas.

A team of skilled members were instantly dispatched under OPURGENT tasks OP TSUNAMI ASSIST and OP SUMATRA ASSIST to provide communications

infrastructure support to operations covering the rapid surge of personnel on the ground. Liaison with deployed elements required tasks as diverse as PC asset rollouts, active network infrastructure expansion and new passive infrastructure.

Anitcom and strategic partners are further involved in the planning, management, deployment and support of other natural and man-made tragedies across the globe.