DEFENCE GA-ASI’s new Ops Centre gives RPA operators big picture of ISR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has developed an Operations Data Fusion Centre with a modern open architecture and infrastructure that enables collaborative, reliable, and secure mission execution. With a modular design and focus on open standards, the Ops Centre – also known as the Integrated Intelligence Centre – enables the expansion of capabilities to rapidly incorporate future growth requirements. The Integrated Intelligence Centre integrates seamlessly with existing C4ISR capabilities – such as sensors data, video and other intelligence products – from Defence and other Government ministries and agencies. The Integrated Intelligence Centre for New Zealand would ingest, process, parse and disseminate ISR video, data and other intelligence products to required users, including tactical to strategic levels, as well as various classification levels.
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GA-ASI has the experience in hardware and software design, automation, implementation, sustainment, and operations for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) to offer an Integrated Intelligence Centre that provides customers with unparalleled ISR operations, situational awareness, and ISR data processing capability – now and into the future,” said GAASI Senior Vice President of Strategic Development Barton Roper. GA-ASI is known throughout the world for its development of industryleading Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), including the new MQ-9B SkyGuardian, which has been selected by the Australian Defence Force and the UK Royal Air Force, and is being considered by many other countries. With the addition of the Integrated Intelligence Centre, operators unlock the potential of ISR capabilities installed on GA-ASI’s RPA, as well as manned airborne ISR assets, ground
and space-based capabilities. Fully leveraging the Integrated Intelligence Centre will enable users to reduce manpower and create a complete intelligence and operations picture. Versatile ISR Ops and PED The heart of the Integrated Intelligence Centre is GA-ASI’s integrated suite of automated mission capabilities, including GA-ASI’s STARE (System for Tactical Archival, Retrieval, and Exploitation) software, MMC (Multi-Mission Controller) software, Metis tasking, collection management, and intelligence sharing software. The combination of these capabilities provides a unified intelligence collection and Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) capability to efficiently consolidate and allocate ISR assets throughout the entire ISR lifecycle. The Integrated Intelligence Centre typically consists of a main ops floor, which provides a collaborative
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