Command & Control (C2)
We design and integrate C2 systems covering Mission Control, Data Acquisition, Data Processing & Simulation—so test teams can plan, execute, and evaluate missions with assured timing, reliable integrations, and traceable data from sensor to report. Our modular C2 software and hardware architecture scales in accordance with the range size, sensor network and communication infrastructure.
C2 platforms for every mission profile
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C2 platforms for every mission profile
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Command Mission Control
- Real‑time situational awareness: unified views on a configurable videowall with synchronised mission data, safety data and health/status overlays.
- Real-time control: dispatch commands to sensors (e.g. cue data), operators (voice/comm), and targets (e.g., FTS) with role‑based permissions.
- Real-time automatic and operator control: best source selector, cue master data, control of processed and command data exchange, etc.
- Deterministic timing distribution: network time and event markers propagated across all required mission nodes.
- Resilient communications gateway: orchestrates data/command flows across heterogeneous links without operator burden.
- Safety-first workflows: embed go/no‑go, interlocks, and abort chains consistent with range constraints.
- Audit & traceability: every command, data frame, and decision logged for post‑mission evidence.
Data Acquisition System
- Multi‑sensor integration: instrumentation and safety sensors integrated concurrently; time‑stamped and aligned at source; adaptable to specific sensor networks.
- Real-time input data acquisition: sensor data reception, transformation, time-synchronisation, and low‑latency fusion before forwarding to Mission Control for processing.
- Edge resilience: buffering and forward‑error strategies to ride through transient link issues.
- Standards‑agnostic I/O: adapt to mixed protocols and legacy or state-of-the-art interfaces common to range assets.
- Secure by design: segregated data/control planes with role‑based access at the ingest tier
Data Processing & Simulation
- Real‑time data processing: processes information captured by Data Acquisition System and feeds back to Mission Control for live view and decision support.
- Real‑time analytics: processes metrics and feeds back to Mission Control for live view and decision support.
- Post‑mission processing: playback, filtering, smoothing, and advanced analysis to improve data accuracy and reporting.
- Scenario simulation: pre‑mission feasibility, safety studies, configuration optimisation, and dry runs.
- Unified storage: consistent data model for real‑time and post‑processed datasets.
- Repeatable workflows: templated pipelines that reduce cycle time from mission to report.
- Feedback to planning: learnings loop back to simulation for faster subsequent mission setup.
Integrated customised C2
- Project‑specific engineering: from test ranges and flight ranges to space launch ranges—architected to your safety rules, CONOPS, and oversight needs.
- Sensor‑aware design: integrates the specific instrumentation and safety sensors for the site (planned and existing), including in‑proximity and remote assets.
- Network‑aware design: built for specific network infrastructure even if consisting of mixed comms (LAN, fiber, SATCOM, and microwave) with deterministic timing across all links.
- Modular, configurable C2 software: our own stack scales and composes services to match your configuration (data intake, timing, transformation, visualisation, command, etc.).
- Safety integration: encode range constraints, interlocks, and command authority paths directly into mission logic.
- Lifecycle support: pre‑mission modeling, real‑time operations, post‑mission exploitation, and lifecyle upgrades.
Flight‑Range C2 | “Tri‑Link Range”
- Case background: C2 for a newly built mid‑size flight test range with a planned, mixed sensor network and mixed communications (LAN, fiber, satellite), strict safety constraints, and both in‑proximity and remote sensors. Greenfield range required unified Mission Control, Data Acquisition System, Data Processing and Simulation System and codification for safety procedure.
- Case objective: Deliver turnkey C2.
- Other information:
- Mission phases covered: pre‑mission configuration & simulation, real‑time execution in the control room & view room, and post‑processing/reporting.
- Control capabilities: commands to sensors/operators and, when applicable, to targets (e.g., FTS) with auditable trails.
- Timing architecture: common timing plane with event distribution to all nodes to guarantee correlation.