DRS Technologies’ Global Situational Awareness tool

At the recent Navy League conference, DRS Technologies demonstrated their Global Situational Awareness product.  It’s a Microsoft surface-esque device, large table-sized touchscreen, that can consolidate data from almost any source (UAV videos, schematics, SAR, photos, IR, etc) and overlaid onto GIS data and used for mission planning, and more.

Want to see what a Predator is watching, or perhaps cameras mounted on a guard post or tower? A tap of the menu along the side of the screen and the streaming video appears on the map screen. Another menu tap and Bridges can use a finger to plot a pathway reflecting the movements of opposing forces. A commander using the Integrated Tactical Command and Control Console could send all, or just part, of the images before him to the computer screens of other commanders.

See a video of the device after the break.

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This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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