Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies Inc. says its DRS Tactical Systems (DRS TS) division has launched the C4InSight™ Integrated C4ISR Management System at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla.
Developed and manufactured by DRS TS, C4InSight™ allows commanders and platform operators to control and interface with sensors, communications equipment, mission command applications, navigational devices, and platform vetronics from any workstation in the platform. All of the voice, video and data from these platform devices can be connected across the tactical network with adjacent platforms, remote command posts, higher headquarters and, when desired, with coalition partners.
C4InSight™ is the latest in DRS TS’ line of ultra-rugged, MIL-STD qualified hardware and software solutions. It builds on its legacy as the premier supplier of over 200,000 platform computing devices and peripherals for the US Army Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program.
At the core of C4InSight™ is the DRS Data Distribution Unit (DDU) and the Mission Command Software Suite (MCSS). These components can be employed to interoperate with existing platform displays and computers, or can be augmented by a suite of available DRS TS products, such as the Joint Platform Tablet (JPT) computer and Scorpion™ handheld devices.
In addition to providing new capabilities to integrate various platform C4ISR devices, C4InSight™ also achieves significant reductions in Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C).
The modular, open architecture is consistent with the Army’s Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) efforts as well as the Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Mobile Distributed C4ISR Architecture (MDCA) objectives.
It provides a scalable, cost-effective and integrated C4ISR management system to meet current tactical platform modernization objectives as well as future platform C4ISR requirements.