Overview
Designed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability among Australia, the US, and other partner nations, Exercise Talisman Sabre integrates land, sea, air, cyber, and space operations. Talisman Sabre 25 (TS25) is set to involve 16 participant nations, utilising a combination of live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) elements, including live-fire exercises.
Planning such a large-scale exercise requires managing complex requirements, coordinating multi-national stakeholders, and ensuring training objectives are met. With the final stages of planning underway, the ADF and its partners continue to rely on Exonaut to streamline coordination, task management, and information sharing across the 18-month planning cycle.
Challenges
- Complex Multi-Nation Planning – Coordination across 16 nations with different processes and planning requirements.
- Extended Planning Timeline – An 18-month planning period with iterative developments and evolving requirements.
- Two-Way Information Flow – Ensuring relevant information reaches stakeholders while maintaining compartmentalisation for security and need-to-know purposes.
- Task and Resource Management – Scheduling, deconflicting, and managing critical resources across a vast exercise area.
- Alignment with Objectives – Designing events that align with each participant nation’s training goals and operational requirements.
- Data Security and Access Control – Managing permissions and access for different stakeholders across multiple lines of effort.
Solution: Exonaut for Exercise Planning
To address these challenges, 4C Strategies is providing the Exonaut software solution, enabling a structured and data-driven approach to planning and executing Talisman Sabre 25.
- Activity Management – Exonaut is structuring all key planning events, ensuring alignment with exercise milestones and objectives.
- Collaborative Planning Environment – Partner nations are contributing key information directly into Exonaut, ensuring real-time data sharing and reduced information silos.
- Task and Resource Management – Tasks are being assigned, tracked, and managed within the platform, ensuring clear accountability and progress tracking.
- Scheduling and Deconfliction – Strategic event planning tools are helping coordinate critical resources, avoiding scheduling conflicts across the exercise area.
- Evaluation and Reporting – Exonaut is providing a framework for structured assessment, ensuring exercise outcomes are measured and informing future planning cycles.
- Access Control and Permissions – Information is being compartmentalised based on roles, ensuring security while maintaining transparency where required.
Outcome
With Exonaut, the planning team for Talisman Sabre 25 is benefiting from a structured and efficient approach to managing a highly complex multinational exercise. Exonaut’s capabilities are ensuring effective coordination, improved visibility of planning progress, and enhanced decision-making. The platform is enabling planners to maintain control over an evolving exercise environment while ensuring that all participant nations achieve their training objectives.
As the exercise moves closer to execution, Exonaut will continue to play a critical role in supporting live operations, tracking real-time data, and ensuring lessons learned are captured for future exercises.
