Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) have chosen a Rohde & Schwarz designed and built EMC test solution announced at Land Forces today. This capability is part of Stage 2 of the H-ACE facility where HDA is building the LAND 8116 Phase 1 Huntsman vehicles and LAND 400 Phase 3 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles.
“Our test solutions within the Hanwha E3* capability provide crucial electromagnetic interference/compatibility assurance, mitigating the impact of a contested and congested electromagnetic environment on the operational capability of military equipment, systems, and platforms and ensuring they are fully prepared for battlespace operations,” said Managing Director Rohde & Schwarz Australia Gareth Evans.
“Rohde & Schwarz understands the complexity of modern combat platforms, where multiple integrated systems must work seamlessly to protect the platform. Even the slightest undetected interference between these onboard systems could profoundly impact a platform's combat effectiveness,” Evans added.
Custom built with a bespoke turntable for heavy vehicles, the E3 capability will be the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, providing the means for H-ACE-built vehicles to be tested to internationally recognised standards.
Rohde & Schwarz Australia will be responsible for all elements of supply, including the in-country coordination and delivery of the E3 capability, and will also train a highly skilled technical workforce to operate the facility.
At the H-ACE located near Geelong in Victoria, HDA will build 129 Redback IFVs under LAND 400 Phase 3 while 30 AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzers and 15 AS10 armoured ammunition resupply vehicles will be built for LAND 8116 Phase 1.
“The EMI/EMC chamber at the H-ACE will support a world leading capability at our facility,” said Acting Managing Director of HDA Dean Michie. “We are looking forward to making use of the facility ourselves alongside offering the space to Defence and Defence Industry customers as a service. The ability of the H-ACE to form the centre of an Australian Industry Capability Hub has been an important consideration in our development and future.”
As the leader in EMC spectrum testing, Rohde & Schwarz has been supplying EMC test equipment for over 50 years and its test experts have been advising EMC standard authorities on T&M issues for decades. The R&S ESW range of EMI test receivers at the core of compliance test feature not only the widest dynamic range, highest accuracy, and lowest noise available, but also the ultra-fast time-domain scans to achieve fast and reliable tests in line with up-to-date test regulations. Rohde & Schwarz has a wide-ranging test equipment portfolio that is based on in-depth EMC compliance, pre-compliance, and debugging expertise and supports all relevant commercial, wireless, automotive, military and aerospace EMC standards.
*The components of E3 include Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), Electromagnetic interference (EMI), Electromagnetic pulse (EMP), Electromagnetic vulnerability (EMV), Lightning, Radiation hazards (RADHAZ), Precipitation static (P-Static) and Electrostatic discharge (ESD).
About Rohde & Schwarz Australia
The subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH, a global technology group with Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity Divisions, has been operating in Australia for more than 40 years. Providing the latest innovative equipment and expertise to customers in the fields of wireless communications and RF test and measurement, broadcast and media, and aerospace and defence, Rohde & Schwarz Australia has achieved considerable success providing integrated communications solutions to the ADF.
About Hanwha Defence Australia
Hanwha Defence Australia is a subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace, a division of the vast Republic of Korea Fortune 500 conglomerate Hanwha Corporation. Hanwha Corporation has been operating in Australia since 2005 in areas including mining equipment, logistics and sustainable energy. Headquartered in Melbourne, Hanwha Defence Australia was established in 2019 with an initial focus on Land Systems. The company signed a contract with the Commonwealth of Australia to supply self-propelled artillery systems under LAND 8116, a $0.9 billion to $1.3 billion project. Hanwha Defence Australia signed acquisition and initial support contracts for LAND 400 Phase 3 with a combined value of approximately $4.5 billion dollars at the end of 2023. The contracts will enable the delivery of the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) capability to the Australian Army, Army’s largest ever acquisition program. All Hanwha platforms will be manufactured in the Greater Geelong area of Victoria at the HDA Armoured vehicle Centre of Excellence (H-ACE).
“Our test solutions within the Hanwha E3* capability provide crucial electromagnetic interference/compatibility assurance, mitigating the impact of a contested and congested electromagnetic environment on the operational capability of military equipment, systems, and platforms and ensuring they are fully prepared for battlespace operations,” said Managing Director Rohde & Schwarz Australia Gareth Evans.
“Rohde & Schwarz understands the complexity of modern combat platforms, where multiple integrated systems must work seamlessly to protect the platform. Even the slightest undetected interference between these onboard systems could profoundly impact a platform's combat effectiveness,” Evans added.
Custom built with a bespoke turntable for heavy vehicles, the E3 capability will be the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, providing the means for H-ACE-built vehicles to be tested to internationally recognised standards.
Rohde & Schwarz Australia will be responsible for all elements of supply, including the in-country coordination and delivery of the E3 capability, and will also train a highly skilled technical workforce to operate the facility.
At the H-ACE located near Geelong in Victoria, HDA will build 129 Redback IFVs under LAND 400 Phase 3 while 30 AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzers and 15 AS10 armoured ammunition resupply vehicles will be built for LAND 8116 Phase 1.
“The EMI/EMC chamber at the H-ACE will support a world leading capability at our facility,” said Acting Managing Director of HDA Dean Michie. “We are looking forward to making use of the facility ourselves alongside offering the space to Defence and Defence Industry customers as a service. The ability of the H-ACE to form the centre of an Australian Industry Capability Hub has been an important consideration in our development and future.”
As the leader in EMC spectrum testing, Rohde & Schwarz has been supplying EMC test equipment for over 50 years and its test experts have been advising EMC standard authorities on T&M issues for decades. The R&S ESW range of EMI test receivers at the core of compliance test feature not only the widest dynamic range, highest accuracy, and lowest noise available, but also the ultra-fast time-domain scans to achieve fast and reliable tests in line with up-to-date test regulations. Rohde & Schwarz has a wide-ranging test equipment portfolio that is based on in-depth EMC compliance, pre-compliance, and debugging expertise and supports all relevant commercial, wireless, automotive, military and aerospace EMC standards.
*The components of E3 include Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), Electromagnetic interference (EMI), Electromagnetic pulse (EMP), Electromagnetic vulnerability (EMV), Lightning, Radiation hazards (RADHAZ), Precipitation static (P-Static) and Electrostatic discharge (ESD).
About Rohde & Schwarz Australia
The subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH, a global technology group with Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity Divisions, has been operating in Australia for more than 40 years. Providing the latest innovative equipment and expertise to customers in the fields of wireless communications and RF test and measurement, broadcast and media, and aerospace and defence, Rohde & Schwarz Australia has achieved considerable success providing integrated communications solutions to the ADF.
About Hanwha Defence Australia
Hanwha Defence Australia is a subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace, a division of the vast Republic of Korea Fortune 500 conglomerate Hanwha Corporation. Hanwha Corporation has been operating in Australia since 2005 in areas including mining equipment, logistics and sustainable energy. Headquartered in Melbourne, Hanwha Defence Australia was established in 2019 with an initial focus on Land Systems. The company signed a contract with the Commonwealth of Australia to supply self-propelled artillery systems under LAND 8116, a $0.9 billion to $1.3 billion project. Hanwha Defence Australia signed acquisition and initial support contracts for LAND 400 Phase 3 with a combined value of approximately $4.5 billion dollars at the end of 2023. The contracts will enable the delivery of the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) capability to the Australian Army, Army’s largest ever acquisition program. All Hanwha platforms will be manufactured in the Greater Geelong area of Victoria at the HDA Armoured vehicle Centre of Excellence (H-ACE).
