© 2011 Northrop Grumman Corporation ts.northropgrumman.com SITS/SA Beacon Soldier INSTRUMENTATION TRAINING SYSTEM/ SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BEACON The Soldier Instrumentation Training Suite (SITS) / Situational Awareness Beacon (SA Beacon) was developed to take advantage of emerging and future commercial technologies as well as the reuse of Northrop Grumman’s tactical components to meet current and future requirements. These include both training requirements (legacy, interim, and future force) and tactical Command, Control, and Communications (C2) systems. SITS OVERVIEW • Tracks soldiers in operational and training environments, including those that are global positioning system (GPS) accessible and GPS denied • Reuses tactical and training systems, or portions of those systems, to reduce costs • Protects soldiers in operations and training through safety alerts • Is capable of standalone use with legacy or future Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS) or with tactical C2 (BFT/BFT2/JPC-B) THE VALUE OF PERFORMANCE.
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SITS/SA Beacon
Soldier
INSTRUMENTATION TRAINING SYSTEM/
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BEACON
The Soldier Instrumentation Training Suite (SITS) / Situational Awareness
Beacon (SA Beacon) was developed to take advantage of emerging and future
commercial technologies as well as the reuse of Northrop Grumman’s tactical
components to meet current and future requirements. These include both training
requirements (legacy, interim, and future force) and tactical Command, Control, and
Communications (C2) systems.
SITS OVERVIEW• Trackssoldiersinoperationaland
trainingenvironments,includingthosethatareglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)accessibleandGPSdenied
• Reusestacticalandtrainingsystems,orportionsofthosesystems,toreducecosts
• Protectssoldiersinoperationsandtrainingthroughsafetyalerts
• IscapableofstandaloneusewithlegacyorfutureTacticalEngagementSimulationSystems(TESS)orwithtacticalC2(BFT/BFT2/JPC-B)
THE VALUE OF PERFORMANCE.
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THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BEACON COMPONENT:TheprogramfeaturesatrackingsystemcompatiblewithfieldedtacticalC2systemsenabling:
• Trackingofsoldiers,equipmentanditemsofinterest• Usewithlegacy,interimandfutureTESStotrackand
collectdatainnearrealtime• Passiveandactivesafetymonitoringthataddresses
currentgapsandshortfalls
TheSABeaconwasinitiallydevelopedforuseintrainingbutisequallyrelevanttocombatoperationswarfightersafetyandassetmanagement.Reusingthecombat-provensoftwarekerneloroperationalCommand,Control,Communications,Computers,andIntelligencesystems,theSABeaconwasprototypedinamatterofmonthsratherthantheyearsnormallyrequiredforsystemdevelopment,scalability,andcommunicationsarchitecture.Itiscapableofuseinsingleormulti-tiercommunicationsarchitecturewithavarietyofcommercialortacticalcommunicationoptions.Theseincludeaself-healinglower-tiernetworkconsolidatespositionlocation,health,andotherdata.Nofixedterrestrialinfrastructureisrequiredforlast-mileconnectivityonthelower-tiernetwork.
Whenused,anupper-tiernetworkpushestheaggregatedinformationofuptohundredsofSABeaconstoacommandcenterortrainingoperationscenterforanalysis.TheSABeaconarchitectureenablestheuseofmultipleupper-tierpaths,optimizingcommunicationscapabilitywhilereducingcost.
Upper-tieroptionsincludeexistingoraugmentedinstrumentationcomponents(fiber,wire,microwave,etc.),commercialandtacticalsatellites,andtacticalorcommercialradiosdependentuponuserrequirements,resources,andpreferences.
TheSABeaconcomponentofSITSmaybeaugmentedbyaDeadReckoningModule(DRM)thatprovideslocation,positionandmovementinformationinGPS-deniedenvironmentssuchasurbansettings,caves,andtunnels.TheDRM’saccuracyisenhancedbyalearningsub-modulethatusesmovementcharacteristicslearnedwhilewithinGPScoverageandmultiple-sensoralgorithms.
TheweightofboththeSABeaconandDRMislessthanonepound,includingabackupbatterythatenablesextendedandemergencyoperationsandahotswapcapability.Themainpackageisuserdefinedandincludesavarietyofmilitaryandcommercialbatteryoptions,aswellasvehicle/localpower.
Ultimately,thesoldierwillbeabletotransitionfromtrainingtocombatusingthesametrackingequipmentwithcommonreportinganddatatransfercapabilities.
For more information contact:
Mark Hehmeyer
11474 Corporate Blvd, Suite 120
Orlando, FL 32817
phone: 407.737.4912
mobile: 321.230.6138
email: [email protected]
www.ts.northropgrumman.com
BlueForceTracking(BFT)anditsterrestrialcommunicationscounterpartForceXXIBattleCommand,BrigadeandBelow(FBCB2)weretwoofthegreattechnologicalsuccessesofOperationsIraqiFreedomandEnduringFreedom.Theyeffectivelyimprovedsituationalawareness(SA)andsituationalunderstandingonthebattlefield,contributedtoanunprecedentedlowbullets-tofriendlycasualtyrate,andprovidedmoreeffectiveC2,allowingtherapidapplicationofoverwhelmingforce.TheSABeaconextendstheBFTandFBCB2/JCRtrackingcapabilitybeyondkeyleaderstoincludeindividualsoldiers,combatvehicles,andotherassetsenablingunitaggregationandde-aggregationasrequiredtosupportthemission.
Inatrainingenvironment,theSITS/SABeaconallowscombattrainers(CT)tocapturecriticaldataforunitAfterActionReviewsevenifaCTisnotinpositiontoobserveanaction.ItalsoenablescollectionofTESSdatapreviouslycollectablemanuallyinpart.ThesafetyfeaturesbuiltintothesystemenableindividualSoldiersandMarinestosignalanemergencysituationandprovidethedatanecessaryfortheLiveTrainingTransformationfamilyofprogramstoprovidevisualalertstoCTsforboundaryandrestrictedareaviolationsandothersafetyfeatures.
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