An innovative open vehicle electronic architecture
• A common vehicle electronic architecture adjusted for all variants, offering operational supremacy to end-user and industrial and programmatic benefits to customer
• Operational supremacy to end-user:
- Communication suite for advanced networked capability, allowing interoperability with NATO and other forces
- Battlefield Management System (BMS) to share situational awareness and increase tempo of operations
- Platform Management System (PMS) to manage all sub-systems integrated in vehicle
- Interfaces with vehicle, various sub-systems (observation, protection, weapon, navigation, communication)
• Providing key benefits to customer
- Ready to support customer during procurement process and /or support local prime during program, thus reducing risks
- Industrial organisation adaptable to each program: mission package supplier, system integrator, prime
- Ready to bring local added value thanks to transfer of technology
- Progressive implementation and growth potential thanks to the open architecture
- Single architecture for all types of platforms and missions: reduction of costs in training and maintenance
Three key building blocks of the OICS system which facilitate integration, digitalisation and information exchange both within vehicles and externally
• Vetronics
- For video management
- Real time internal data exchange to permit quick dissemination of information (e.g. threat alert) and to share ressources (navigation) between various vehicle sub-systems (observation, protection, weapon, navigation, platform)
- Management function for monitoring of the platform (Platform Management System)
• Power Managementfor consistent command and control of the energy inside the platform providing status display, remote control capability, charger management of batteries, power conversion and regulation, voltage generation and distribution to various sub-systems
• Communication Server for seamless external communications; allowing interconnection between the crew members or BMS applications of the platform and radios available on the platform (HF, VHF, UHF, Satcom) permitting simultaneous voice and data transmission (such as alert, Blue Force Tracking, messaging, logistic information),
remote control of radios and status display
Key references: MPPV, Recce Pandur, AIV (Belgium) - OICS Patria (Finland) - PRV Lux (Luxembourg)
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