SKYKEEPER AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT & SURVEILLANCEADVANCED C4I FOR GROUND-BASED AIR DEFENCE

KEY FEATURES

• ProvidesflexibleC4Iatanyorganisationallevel

• Class-leadingAirspaceManagementandSurveillance

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SKYKEEPER AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT & SURVEILLANCEDELIVERING AIRSPACE CONTROL TO LAND FORCES Intoday’scomplexbattlefieldenvironment,wheremultipleassetsmustbecarefullycoordinatedtoworktogetherforbesteffect,achievingtherightlevelofsituationalawarenessiskeyandproviding‘decisionquality’real-timedatacangivetheLandComponentCommanderacrucialadvantage.

SkyKeeperAirspaceManagement&Surveillance(SAMS)isascalable,fullynetworkedopenarchitecturesystem,interfacingcutting-edgegroundsensorswithreal-timedatafromadvancedairsurveillanceassets,todeliverAirspaceManagementandAirspaceSurveillanceintheSHORAD/VSHORADdomain.

SAMSemploysadvancedC4Itechnologytosignificantlyincreasethecombateffectivenessofland-basedAirDefenders.Thisisachievedthroughdeliveryofanintegratedairpictureconsistingoffuseddatareceivedfromitsowndedicatedradars,coupledwithremotedatareceivedviatacticaldatalinks.Identificationofelementsintheairpictureisaidedbyadedicatedsuiteofdecisionsupporttoolsthatsignificantlyreducetheworkloadofthesystemoperators.

SAMSprovidesimproveddetectionandinterdictionofairthreats,co-ordinationofairactivity,anddeconflictionofairspaceleadingtogreatercombateffectivenessandareducedriskoffratricide.Itcanbescaledtosupportanumberofscenariosrangingfromsmaller-scalecontingencyoperationstomediumscaledivisional-levelwarfare.

CAPABILITIESGROUND-BASED AIR DEFENCE CONTROL SAMSprovidesadvancedplanningandmissionmanagementtools,accesstotheGBADcommunityatlargeviacombatnetradioandtheabilitytouseairspacecontrolplanstoaidauto-identificationofdetectedtracks.

SENSOR INTERFACESSAMSprimarysensorfeedisdesignedtooperatewithitsindigenousSAABG-AMBradars-whichincludefullsecondarysurveillanceradarcapabilityandIFFsupport.

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTEROPERABILITY Standardcommunicationsfitincludescombatnetradio,trunknetworking,Link16tacticaldatalinks,encryptedsatellitecommunicationandgroundtoairvoicecommunications.AdvancedaudiodistributionallowsoperatoraccesstoanyavailablevoicechannelsandprovidesaninternalIntercomcapability.

EXPANDABILITYSAMSisexpandable,andcanbeupgradedtoincludeadditionalsensorfeeds,suchasASTERIX,andadditionaldatalinkinputs(forexampleLink11,VMF,LLAPIandJREAP-C).