Between 16th and18th May 2006, Blueprint OPS was trialed in a National Counter Terrorism Committee sponsored exercise, titled “Neptune’s Treasure”. The exercise was hosted by the New South Wales Police.

Neptune’s Treasure was a maritime focused operation spanning a large portion of Sydney Harbour. It involved the full spectrum of counter terrorism agencies and focused on “hijacked ferries”. In terms of coordination and geography, the exercise presented a challenging environment, particularly for a police operation, with key personnel spread over a large distance.

Blueprint OPS performed well and managed the entire tactical response, including:

• Dynamic Planning and Orders development
• Local and Remote planning and orders briefs
• Management of Tactical Intelligence with dynamic templates
• Image, document and file management
• Incident and Activity Logs
• Task management and accountability
• Geographic Information system
• Knowledge Base Management
• Live Video functionality
• GPS tracking of the Stronghold and tactical operators

Blueprint OPS supported the Police Tactical Group, and provided capabilities that have never before been achieved in Australia.