WEAPON CONTROL AND C3I SYSTEM FOR NAVAL SHIP RTOP-12
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS :
Project of weapon control and C3I system for Croatian naval ship RTOP-12 (RTOP-12 wiki) as a primary goals include:
- Combat management system (CMS) which integrates sensor data and weapon systems and provides support for command decisions relating to the use of those weapons
- Command, control and communication system which enables connectivity between platforms and with the shore, enabling the passage of data, information and orders, and the processing of data and information within ship.
Ship`s weapon system include:
- RBS-15B missile launchers
- Bofors gun SAK 57
- AK-630 gun
and on-board sensors:
- Navigation radar
- Search radar (PEAB)
- Tracking radar with TV camera (PEAB)
- Laser detector
- Radar detector
- Ship's navigation sensors
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SOLUTION
Project solution is based on PCE developed and produced electronic subsystems which provide:
- gun fire control
- missile launching control
- optronic surveillance
- integrated target management within ship`s activity area
- control and supervision of different type sensors, detectors and EW equipment
- voice and data communication between own ship, other ships and shore command centres.
DEIMOS - Radar observation and tracking system for gun armed vessels. On board it can be used as a standalone system with target tracking system, or integrated with ship`s information and missile control system.
Main functional capabilities are:
- Radar surveillance of air and surface targets
- Target acquisition
- Target tracking
- Information communication with other systems (FEB, FOBOS, LINKEJ)
- Gun fire control of surface and air targets
FOBOS - Missile launching control system used for launching parameters calculation. Graphical user interface enables very effective interaction with system, presentation of tactical situation, graphical presentation of the missile flight trajectory, functional on-line supervision, simulation and built-in testing.
Missile launching is possible in single-unit and group (salvo) mode.
FEB - Electro-optical observation and tracking system for gun armed vessels, based on optronic sensors - TV and IR cameras and laser rangefinder.
Main functional capabilities are:
- Optical surveillance of air and surface targets
- Target acquisition
- Target tracking
- Information communication with other systems (Deimos)
- Gun fire control of surface and air targets
IRIDA - Computer system for control of diferent type of sensors, detectors and decoys/jammers. It has ethernet connection with other subsystems onboard.
LINKEJ - Shipborne Command, Control, Communication, Computers Information system node enables data gathering, continuously updated presentation, tactical planning, distribution of tactical information onboard own ships and to other cooperating units.
It`s functionality require cooperation with ships Combat Management System.
Functional integration of all subsystems is done by internal ethernet network, using specialised communication protocol designed as dedicated application layer on TCP/IP as a base communication protocol.
Standard user interface for all systems are Multi Function Consoles(MFC) and Tactical & Missile Console(TMC).
Some representations of equipment installed on RTOP-12 are shown in next pictures:
Complete project documentation, installation and testing is done by the PCE company.
Similar project, but in smaller scope, has been done earlier on the RTOP-21 ship, where missile control subsystem and gun-fire control subsystem were integrated with an older 9C3 subsystem of Philips origin, that was already installed onboard.