Aerospace Operational Support Group

Range Control Centre

The Aerospace Operational Support Group (AOSG) is responsible for the management and operation of the Woomera Test Range (WTR) including capability development.

AOSG is headquartered at RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide and has a dedicated WTR team led by the Director Woomera Test Range. WTR staff deploy to Woomera as required to support trial activities, typically on a campaign basis. A small group based at the Defence Centre Woomera provides day-to-day coordination of range activities, management of range safety and liaison with pastoralists and other groups in the WTR.

AOSG has a broad range of Test and Evaluation (T&E) expertise and maintains a comprehensive suite of fixed and transportable instrumentation capable of meeting international standards. While focussed on the T&E requirements of the Australian Defence Force, AOSG can provide support to external customers via arrangement with the Director Woomera Test Range. Potential services encompass assistance with the approval, planning, and conduct of trials in the WTR. Existing instrumentation includes tracking radars, telemetry systems, kinetheodolites, high-speed cameras and ordnance firing equipment.

Further information is available in the WTR Capability Brief and associated Woomera Data Packs (refer to Contact Points).