Nicholas Adriaanse

Affiliation

NSWCDD DNA

Biography

LCDR Nicholas Adriaanse Is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Weapons Electrical Engineer Officer acting in a Personnel Exchange Program Position at NSWCDD DNA. He joined the RAN as an Undergraduate Entry Officer and has served on HMA Ships Toowoomba, ANZAC and Brisbane. His significant engineering experience includes involvement in ANZAC’s ASMD Upgrade and Brisbane’s Post Delivery Upgrade. This is his second US based tour after completing a tour at AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) as the Class Advisor, Course Supervisor, Instructor and Laboratory Lead for the Combat System Officer Baseline 7 course. In Brisbane he participated in live missile firing, exercises Ex. Pacific Vanguard and Talisman Sabre and the conduct of a complex Regional Presence Deployment. At NSWCDD DNA he is the Product Owner for Visual Identification Virtual Reality (VIDVR), involving significant stakeholder liaison and project management activities.