I am General Erb, Army Artillery Commander, and initially I would like to greet all civil and military authorities participating in this activity. Likewise, I would like to thank the Military Command of the South for the invitation to participate in the Extension Course in Combat Simulation and Armored Vehicles On this occasion, I will introduce you to the Army Artillery Command and the Astros simulation integrated system, or SIS-ASTROS. Subsequently, we will have the presentation of issues related to the Missile and Rockets Artillery Instruction Center by Lieutenant Colonel Villa, Commander of the Center.
The objectives of this lecture are to know the Army Artillery Command and present the integrated system of Astros simulation, or SIS-ASTROS. To achieve these objectives, we will follow the following summary. An introduction in which we will address the Army Artillery Command.
Subsequently, the development in which we will know the missions of the Army Artillery Command and the conception of the integrated system of Astros simulation, or SIS-ASTROS. And finally, a conclusion. The Army Artillery Command.
At this moment, we will watch a short video about the Army Artillery Command of Formosa Guarrison, state of Goiás. Created on August 15, 2014, by Decree number 8298, the Army Artillery Command is the great artillery command responsible for the organization, preparation and employment of the entire operational structure of missiles and rockets of the Brazilian Army. Located in Formosa, ninth largest city in the state of Goiás, a Brazilian municipality located 70 km from the federal capital, Brasília, the Army Artillery Command receives the historic name of "Marechal Gastão de Orleans Division Artillery".
In honor of Marechal Gastão de Orleans, commander of the Imperial Army Artillery. The Army Artillery Command originated from the transformation of the old division artillery of the 6th Army Division, the D6. Transferring its headquarters from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, to Formosa, Goiás, on January 29, 2020.
And so occupying their facilities in Fort Santa Bárbara. The establishment of the Army Artillery Command in Formosa concludes an important stage of the Army's strategic program "Astros 2020". Fort Santa Bárbara is a large military complex, composed of the Formosa Instruction Field, the largest military instruction field with about 115 thousand hectares, approximate size of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and by half dozen subordinate military organizations.
The 6th Missile and Rocket Group and the 16th Missile and Rocket Group, military organizations responsible for the operational employment of the Astros system. Each composed of three missile and rocket launcher batteries. The Missile and Rocket Instruction Center, military organization dedicated to teaching, responsible for the formation of highly specialized human resources to operate the system.
The Missile and Rocket Logistics Center, military organization dedicated to logistics, comprising the areas of maintenance, supply and transportation of the Astros system. The command battery of the Army Artillery Command, military organization responsible for the establishment of command links and control over operations. And the core of the administration and support base of Fort Santa Bárbara, military organization responsible for administrative support in areas of health, finance, supply, works, military villages and instruction field.
The Army's strategic program Astros 2020 aims to adopt the ground force of fire support means, with high precision, great lethality, long range. For being a reason of pride and reference for the artillery weapon, the Army Artillery Command receives several requests for cooperation of instruction, establishment of teaching. With the same vibration and the same enthusiasm of our predecessors, the Army Artillery Command continues towards new challenges, seeking to collaborate with the modernization and improvement of Brazilian artillery.
The Army Artillery Command is a large operational command of the Brazilian Army's campaign artillery. It is subordinate to the military command of Planalto and located in the municipality of Formosa, state of Goiás. The Army Artillery Command has as its main mission to develop the capabilities related to the missile and rocket campaign artillery from a set of seven determining factors, interrelated and inseparable, represented by the acronym DOAMEPI, which means doctrine, organization or processes, training, material, education, staff and infrastructure.
In addition, it is up to the Army Artillery Command to manage the sub-program "Campaign Artillery System", sub-program "SAC", from the "Astros" Army Strategic Program. In January 2020, the Army Artillery Command was transferred from the Porto Alegre garrison to the Formosa garrison, occupying the Fort Santa Bárbara facilities and centralizing the command and the entire operational structure of missiles and rockets of the Land Force in the Brazilian Central Planalty. Here we can see the grandeur of the Formosa Instruction Field, where the practical instructions and the various training of the Army Artillery Command and other units of the Brazilian Army are carried out.
The Army Artillery Command has in its structure the following military organizations directly subordinate to it. The 6th Missile and Rocket Group, the 16th Missile and Rocket Group, the Missile and Rocket Artillery Instruction Center, the Missile and Rocket Logistics Center and the Army Artillery Command command battery, in addition to the administrative base of the Army Artillery Command and the target search battery, which are in the implementation phase. The Army Artillery Command missions.
The "Astros" Army Strategic Program was established in the context of the Army Transformation Process to expand operational capacities and the power of extra-regional dissuasion. This program, managed by the Army Projects Office, EPEX, an integrated structure of the General Staff of the Army, EME, aims to adopt the Brazilian Army as a means of providing long-range fire support, with high precision and lethality, by means of the acquisition of new Astros vehicles, the development of the cruise tactical missile, with a range of up to 300 kilometers, and the integrated Astros/SIS-Astros simulation system, developed in partnership with the Federal University of Santa Maria. Astros system vehicles are produced by Avibrás, a national company of war products based in São José dos Campos, in the State of São Paulo.
All Astros system vehicles have armor and mobility similar to the mechanized troops of the Brazilian Army, being materials of high aggregate value and equipped with complex technology. The ammunition, the rockets currently in use by the Astros system, have maximum range at sea level. SS-09, about 10 kilometers, SS-30, about 39 kilometers, SS-40, about 34 kilometers, SS-60, about 70 kilometers, and finally, the SS-80, about 90 kilometers.
In addition, the cruise tactical missile, MTC-300, has a range of up to 300 kilometers at sea level. The Astros system has great strategic mobility. Annually, it is used in the entire Brazilian territory, whose dimensions are continental.
In comparison, the distance traveled, on average, with the Astros system during a year of destruction, is four times the distance between Lisbon and Moscow. The Astros stands out, still, for its ability to employ in several ways, allowing its rapid mobilization in different regions of the country, whether by air, land, river, rail or sea. The Astros system vehicles can be transported efficiently, ensuring operational safety in different scenarios.
This flexibility of transport enables an agile and strategic response, adapting to the needs of each mission and ensuring the availability of the system wherever necessary. It should also be noted that the Astros system is designed to operate efficiently in all Brazilian biomes, whether in the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado, the Caatinga, the Atlantic Forest, the Pampas or the Pantanal. The Astros is capable of facing challenges and adapting to the specific conditions of each biome.
Its comprehensive use demonstrates the versatility of the system in different environments, ensuring defense and national security in the entire Brazilian territory. As mentioned earlier, the Army Artillery Command is also responsible for managing the campaign artillery system, the SAC program. The SAC program is part of the Astros Army Strategic Program, under the management of the Army's largest state.
Its main objective is to modernize the Brazilian Army's artillery. The SAC program allows, for example, the acquisition of advanced materials. The SAC program is part of the Astros Army Strategic Program, under the management of the Army's General Staff.
Its main objective is to modernize the Brazilian Army's artillery. The SAC program allows, for example, the acquisition of advanced materials, like the Matrice 300 RTK drone, by means of an acquisition process, supervised by different organs, such as the CECONJEX. This drone will be used in the target search battery, being essential to detect and locate targets with precision.
Equipped with advanced sensors, the drone provides real-time intelligence data, increasing efficiency and precision in artillery operations, allowing detailed adjustments in attacks and minimizing collateral damage. On the other hand, the SAC program seeks to increase the firepower and artillery mobility, making it more effective in combat operations. In this sense, the program also plans to create a national production line of artillery munitions, reducing the dependence on imports and ensuring the country's autonomy in this area.
The program also plans to acquire new weapon systems, with the acquisition project of the self-propelled 155 mm under-wheel howitzer, as well as the modernization of existing equipment and military training for the operation of the new systems. Finally, Lieutenant Colonel Villa, commander of the Artillery Instruction Center for Missiles and Rockets, will present the activities conducted by that education establishment, addressing the contributions of simulation employment in the specialization and training of military personnel in the Fort Santa Bárbara area. Thank you all for your attention.
I am Lieutenant Colonel Villa, commander of the Artillery Instruction Center for Missiles and Rockets, and I would like to greet all the students from the extension and initiation course in combat simulation and armored vehicles. Initially, it is relevant to note that the SIS-Astros was conceived based on the Triple Helix model, in which, in a dynamic and organized way, the interactions and exchange relations occur between the government, represented by the Brazilian Army, the Academy, represented by the Federal University of Santa Maria, and the industry, represented by AVIBRAS and by the manufacturers of other components, facilitated by the expertise of the businessmen of the region in the area of defense and technology. As part of the strategic vision of the Brazilian Army for the improvement of its artillery capabilities, the Brazilian government played a fundamental role in the establishment of the SIS-ASTROS project, recognizing the importance of advanced training and simulations to improve the readiness and effectiveness of the troops.
The government then assumed the commitment to invest significant financial resources in the development of the system. The Federal University of Santa Maria, a renowned institution in the field of engineering and military science, played a crucial role in the conception and development of the SIS-ASTROS. Professors, researchers and students of UFSM collaborated closely with the Brazilian Army to apply their technical knowledge and their academic experience in the project.
This collaboration allowed the integration of advanced mathematical models and algorithms with simulation techniques to the Astros system, providing a highly sophisticated and realistic training platform. Avibras, on the other hand, is a prominent Brazilian company in the defense sector that, through this innovation model, integrates the Triad, Government, Academy and Industry. Collaborating closely with military and academic institutions, Avibraes contributes significantly to the development of advanced technologies and strategic solutions, resulting in a robust and efficient artillery system that strengthens Brazil's defense capacity.
The established partnership between Government, Academy and Industry in the conception of the SIS-ASTROS brought a series of significant benefits. We can cite, for example, the synergy of knowledge, a collaboration between different interested parties that allowed a multidisciplinary exchange of knowledge, combining the skills and specializations of each sector. This resulted in a more comprehensive, balanced and adapted solution to the operational needs of the Brazilian Army.
We also cite technological innovation. The combination of academic experience, industrial expertise and the operational needs of the government generated an environment conducive to technological innovation. The Cisastros was designed to incorporate the latest simulation technologies, virtual reality and data analysis, providing a vanguard artillery training solution.
We also cite the transfer of knowledge. The collaboration between Academy, Government and Industry also facilitated the transfer of knowledge and expertise among the parties involved. The Academy contributed with theoretical research and knowledge and this mutual transfer of knowledge boosted the development of the project and strengthened innovation capacity in all areas involved.
The Astros integrated simulation system plays a fundamental role in the context of the Army's artillery command. This advanced simulation system provides the military the opportunity to improve their skills and knowledge in a variety of combat scenarios, allowing more efficient and effective training. Following our presentation, I invite you to visit our simulation division.
Ladies and gentlemen, you will now get to know our structure, which consists of three areas. The computer-based training, which is the beginning of the activities for the military to be able to have the first contact with virtual vehicles. Then we will go through the area of the technical virtual simulator to finally reach the area of the tactical virtual simulator, which is basically composed of two tables and a workstation for the instructor so that he can evaluate the work that is carried out at the level of command of the group of these rockets and its general staff.
Who will introduce you this structure is Major Nóbrega, head of the simulation division. [Music] I am Major Nóbrega and I am going to present the simulation division of the Missiles and Rockets Artillery Instruction Center. The simulation division has as its mission to support the training of human resources in the planning of employment and in the operation of the Missiles and Rockets Astros system, as well as to support the formulation of the doctrine in the touching of the Missiles and Rockets Artillery.
The simulation division has the ability to support the training of the Missiles and Rockets groups, as well as to support the recycling and certification of all its operators. [Music] To do this, we currently have two tools, the TBC, which is the computer-based training, and the SVTAC, which is the tactical virtual simulator. And in the future we will have the SVTEC, which is the technical virtual simulator.
At TBC, we developed and developed the technical and procedural fundamentals for operation of each of the 12 types of Astros vehicles according to their specificities. [Music] At SVTAC, we developed the tactical fundamentals in the scope of the operation of the Missiles and Rockets group. [Music] And at SVTEC, in the future, we will develop technical and tactical procedures within the cabins of Astros vehicles, as we can see here in the monitor in this image, in which we will have a fire line with four launch vehicles and three vehicles of command and control.
[Music] It should be noted that within the design of the SIS-ASTROS project, at TBC, it works in an isolated way, outside the virtual environment, while SVTAC and SVTEC will work in an integrated way, even integrated into combat. Currently, SVTAC, which is already operational, it already works integrated into combat, which is an army simulator. Within the idea of types of simulation, our simulation division has its different types.
Through SVTAC, we have the preconderance of the type of constructive simulation. Through SVTEC, in the future, as we had, and TBC, we have, predominantly, the type of virtual simulation. And we also have the SS09-TS rocket, possible type of live simulation.
So, for training purposes, we have this rocket, which is a smaller caliber rocket, only 70 mm, with a very limited range, about half a dozen kilometers, so that we can do the training in the simulation of different target fields in Brazil. And to take advantage of the opportunity, I will present the operational rockets. We have four types.
The SS30, the SS40, the SS60 and the SS80, which is not represented here. Which is similar in size, caliber and shape to the SS60, with the difference that it has less sub-vulnions and more solid fuel to have a greater range. Among which, three of these four rockets, which are the 40, 60 and 80, are multiple warheads.
They have sub-vulnions like these, which enable a greater capacity and air saturation capacity. And we also have the SS30, which is a single warhead rocket. Within the ideas of Astros munitions, we have the SS40 mobile rocket and the tactical cruise missile, which we have already represented in the simulators, the tactical virtual simulator, but we still do not have physically operational in the missile and rocket groups.
And to conclude the aspects of munitions, we have the rocket launcher container, like this one, for example. This is a launcher container for the SS60. The launcher container is what allows the modularity of the Astros munitions to make our system multi-caliber.
That is, from a single platform, we can fire different types of rockets with different calibers. This is the Computer Based Training section. In this section, we have 17 work stations, each of them with 7 softwares, 12 softwares intended for the operation of each type of Astros vehicle, and one of them intended for the Astros munitions, for the operation of the Astros munitions.
This idea arose from a partnership with the Army Aviation Instruction Center in 2007, and today our instructors, they have the first contact with the Astros vehicle from the TBC. So, before they follow the real vehicle, they first have to train, they have to have instruction in the TBC, and only after they are accurate here, they will follow the real vehicle. And they learn here instruction, they have instruction through several video classes, from the work in the meeting areas to the fire itself.
They have exposure mode, which is where we work, traveling internally and externally the vehicle in the virtual environment. We have the training level, within it there are two modes, the training mode itself, where it is executed step by step of the entire operation, and there is a evaluation mode, which is where the apprentice he executes and develops his operational initiative in an opportune way and technically appropriate, at the end a bulletin is generated which says what he could possibly have wrong and if he is fit or not he can move on to the next step, which would be the instruction in the real vehicle. To finish our computer-based training session, it should be noted that here we fulfill a mission not only for the teaching part, teaching the operation to each of our future operators, as well as fulfilling a relevant role in the recycling part of former operators.
So, here we fulfill not only this part of the teaching, but also the recycling part and even the certification of the parts, of each storage, of each part, for each type of ASTROS vehicle. This is the virtual simulation session. In this session we have the SVTAT.
The SVTAT is composed of two sets. Each of these sets contains an instructor control station, a tactical station and a video call. The instructor control station is where the instructor organizes the exercise, plans the activities, he can put PMS, there is an infinity of work possibilities.
In the tactical station is where the instructor performs his tasks, his exercises. Within the seven phases of the ROP. So, here may be, for example, soldiers of a rocket launch battery or even military commanders of the group with their higher status.
In each of these sets we can work simultaneously different steps. In one of the sets of SVTAT, for example, in an integrated way, a GMF commander with his higher status and in the other a rocket launch battery. Or we can also work two rocket launch batteries simultaneously, as well as two commanders of higher status of rocket launch groups simultaneously, in the same operational tactical environment.
And we finally have the video wall, which is where we have the main virtual component that we see all the activities that are being performed from the tactical station. [music] [music] SIS-ASTROS allows to replicate with precision and realism the operations and characteristics of the missile and rocket group, the GMF, in a virtual environment. It covers from the receiving of orders by the GMF commander to the execution of the shooting missions.
Through this simulator, operators can practice a wide range of tasks, from equipment operation, through tactical analysis, to decision-making. One of the main advantages of SIS-ASTROS is its ability to create realistic and dynamic scenarios. The military can face complex and challenging situations that simulate with precision the operational environment in which they will act and will be inserted.
This includes from the interaction between the various stages of the missile and rocket group, to the consideration of environmental factors, such as weather conditions and terrain. In addition, this system allows the implementation of group training exercises, where different missile and rocket groups can interact and cooperate with each other. This promotes cohesion and joint work, which are essential aspects for success in military operations.
In addition to allowing the military to practice effective interaction, the sharing of information and the making of collaborative decisions. Another significant benefit of SIS-ASTROS is its ability to provide analysis after exercises. After the conclusion of a training or simulation, it is possible to evaluate the performance of each soldier and each missile and rocket battery that make up the missile and rocket group.
It is possible to identify the strong points and the areas that need to be improved. This detailed evaluation allows precise and directed feedback, enabling the continuous improvement of the abilities of the soldiers who go through this training. In addition to operational training, this system can also collaborate with the development of military doctrines and tactics.
The information collected during the simulations can be used to improve procedures and strategies employed by the Army Artillery Command. In this way, the system contributes to evolution and modernization of military operations. In short, the SIS-ASTROS integrated simulation system represents an advanced and efficient training tool for the Army Artillery Command and for the training and training of all members of the military organizations subordinate to this great artillery command.
Through this platform, the military can improve their operational skills, work as a team and develop more effective strategies to face the challenges they are subjected to. The SIS-ASTROS plays a crucial role in the preparation of the Armed Forces, in order for them to be ready to face the challenges of the battlefield with confidence and competence. This favorable combination and the allocation of the SIS-ASTROS in the facilities of the Army Artillery Instruction Center of Missiles and Rockets added to the need to enable training and training in the Missiles and Rockets system, in order to allow an environment conducive to development and the formulation of military doctrine, as well as for the training and training of soldiers in the operation of our unique Missile and Rocket System of the Land Force.
In this way, for all these potentials presented, it is possible to affirm that the CISASTOS facilitates communication with the new generations of artillerymen of the Brazilian Army, allowing effective training and the increase of combat power. Finally, the Missile and Rocket Artillery Instruction Center, as a military organization directly subordinate to the Army Artillery Command, is responsible for training human resources in the employment of the Missile and Rocket System of the Land Force, conducting courses and internships for officers and sergeants of the Brazilian Army, of the Brazilian Navy and even friendly nations, in addition to developing the doctrine of the Missile and Rocket Artillery System. Finally, ending this presentation, I thank you for the opportunity and inform you that the Missile and Rocket Artillery Instruction Center remains at your disposal.
And as a conclusion, I would like to highlight that simulation is a fundamental tool in the formation and development of personnel capacities, in the training of the troops and in the development of the Missile and Rocket Artillery doctrine, allowing the economy of resources, preserving military material and increasing the security of the employees involved in the activities. The use of simulation provides, including, improvements in the learning process and, above all, develops in an outstanding way the self-confidence of the instructors, who feel more prepared for the exercise of their functions. Simulation enables better communication with the new generations who have great familiarity with the technological means, through a language and a format similar to digital games.
These differences definitely contribute in the development of a modern and effective Missile and Rocket Artillery, which is increasingly trained and prepared for the fulfillment of its mission to defend the homeland. We thank you for the opportunity, the Army Artillery Command and the Missile and Rocket Artillery Instruction Center remain at your disposal. ASTROS Brasil!
