Polygone

The Multinational Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility Polygone, known more briefly as Polygone, is an electronic warfare tactics range located on the border between Germany and France. It is a tri-national facility operated by France, Germany, and the United States.

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Purpose

The range, also referred to as the Multi-national Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility (MAEWTF), is jointly operated by personnel from the United States, German, and French air forces.

Training areas

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Multinational Aviation Live Virtual Constructive Training System exercise at the Polygone Control Center.

The particular sites of the range are coordinated by CCC systems provided by Computer Application Services (www.casltd.co.uk) - SPICCCS at RAF Spadeadam & EPICCCS at Polygone. These systems additionally provide debrief products for aircrew.

Training sites are in:

• Bann Alpha (Germany)
• Bann Bravo; with the Polygone Coordination Center (PCC), responsible for the co-ordination oft the missions
• Pirmasens-Grünbühl (Germany)
• Zweibrücken-Oberauerbach (Germany)
• Grostenquin (France)
• Chenevières (France)
• Épinal (France)

Civil-military ATM co-ordination

In order to provide civil / military air traffic management co-ordination the EUROCONTROL software tools ADMAR and ADMAR 2000 have been used. These products were replaced by CIMACT in 2005.