Making sense of your sensors
Sensors! Today’s modern Armored Fighting Vehicles contain numerous examples of them - and they are there to help you out. However, it can often be next to impossible to make proper sense of your sensors as a huge amount of information is most likely displayed at the same time on separate monitors. Read on and learn how to turn your sensor feed into valuable operational info.
30 March 2017
Information bombardment
Try to imagine the intense situation inside your shaking vehicle in the battlefield where you have an overload of information displayed on multiple monitors - shot detection, vehicle status, and location of allied and hostile units; and you still need to make the right decisions.
The multiple sensors in modern Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) register a huge amount of information. If this information is not handled and presented correctly, the commander will be bombarded with a real information overload that needs to be assessed, handled, and managed to make the proper decisions at the right time. Although this might already sound hectic, try to imagine that intense situation during combat. Luckily, there is a better option for coping with all information from your sensors.
One monitor and one monitor only!
A working solution to handling the information overload of commanders operating in Armoured Fighting Vehicles is so-called Vehicle Sensor Integration (VSI). Vehicle Sensor Integration combines all the information from the vehicle’s sensors onto one monitor and one monitor only. Consequently, the commander’s situational awareness and his decision-making process increase and improve as vehicle status, shot detection, location of allied and hostile units, etc. are visualized on one single monitor.
Vehicle Sensor Integration
Systematic’s SitaWare Suite has successfully demonstrated Vehicle Sensor Integration allowing all vehicle sensors to work together and unify information into the Battle Management System (BMS). This has resulted in a much more tangible situation for modern commanders that again paves the way for taking better-informed decisions. Overall, Vehicle Sensor Integration will contribute to increasing operational speed, improving situational awareness, communication, and force protection.
What will the future bring?
In the future, vehicle sensors might be integrated to an even greater extent resulting into a “Network of Sensors”, as information from different Armoured Fighting Vehicles is shared among vehicles and with Headquarters. An example is the triangulation of shot detection where information from multiple sources increases the chances of locating the exact positon of hostile units. This future approach to sensors can increase the awareness, cohesion, and cooperation of own troops even further.
Contact Systematic today and learn more about vehicle sensor integration
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