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R&S^®T@cMan

Transforming information into shared battlespace awareness

As the world faces new military challenges at the beginning of the 21st century, almost all modern armed forces are adapting from the industrial age to the information age. The new warfare is characterized by the ability of geographically dispersed forces to attain a high level of the shared operational picture that is exploited to achieve operational and tactical objectives.

The challenge

Consequently, this warfare must translate information advantage into combat power in the following ways:

• Effectively linking friendly forces within the battlespace
• Providing a much improved shared situation picture
• Enabling more rapid and effective decision-making at all levels of military operations
• Allowing for increased speed of execution

Brief description

R&S^®T@cMan is a reliable, robust and comprehensive data communications solution for middle- to low-level forces, enabling them to do the following:

• Achieve improved information sharing
• Enhance the quality of information and shared situation picture
• Improve sustainability and speed of command
• Increase mission effectiveness

All these competitive edges have a direct impact on the full range of military actions that are part of major combat, stability and peacekeeping operations.

During military missions, time is of key essence. The soldiers do not have time to concentrate on the handling of their deployed systems. Consequently, R&S^®T@cMan provides flawless and intuitive applications that build trust while maximizing the time for the soldiers’ primary combat duties.

R&S^®T@cMan is specially designed for tactical missions. In particular the multirole capability of these radios from Rohde & Schwarz provides maximum flexibility for manpack, vehicular or stationary deployment.

Key features

The following features characterize R&S^®T@cMan as a state-of-the-art data transmission solution for modern forces:

• Blue force tracking: broadcast of all relevant position information

For divisions down to the soldier on the front line, the key success factor for operating in line with the mission target is supported by R&S®T@cMan blue force tracking. Each BFT station collects the GPS positions of the units’ members and consolidates the location report graphically on a digital map. As a result, the value of subordinate initiatives in operational speed and responsiveness is enhanced.

• Operational awareness through chat feature

The observation of military situations is shared in near-realtime by the R&S^®T@cMan chat application, which is used to create short text messages, prioritize them and transmit them simultaneously.

• Mission-adequate e-mail

The intuitive e-mail feature provides all required functions for rapid creation and mission-optimized exchange of e-mail messages including attachments.

• Convenient use with the human-machine interface

For all its applications, R&S^®T@cMan uses a human-machine interface (HMI) that is tailored to the military. It allows mission-critical information to be sent and received even during combat, without the soldiers neglecting their primary duty. The HMI especially supports the use of rugged tablet PCs with touch-screen mode.

• Transcending the network limits via IP gateway

The IP gateway feature enables mobile forces to be connected beyond the radio network and to access missioncritical data provided via IP networks.

• Increased unit safety with radio remote control

The radio remote control feature makes it possible to optimally utilize the connected radio from Rohde & Schwarz by monitoring and adjusting its performance. At the same time, the essential requirements for soldier safety are met, since the operator is spatially separated from the radio.



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