C2 System Engineering for the Adversities of the Amazon Environment

Abstract

This article presents a proposal for structuring a command and control system to cope with the adversities of Amazon environment, especially the poor communications infrastructure toward large distances involved. Initially it is described the Amazon environment for the area characterization, followed by a contextualization of the C2 approaches under the C2 tools developed by the Brazilian Army, as well as the experiences gained from the use of these tools in the military environment and cooperative environment with civil segment. In a second part, we discuss the systems engineering process for development of the proposed system, with studies employing Tethered Aerostat technology as communications support, alternative to satellite, HF and VHF communications, integrated to fixed and mobile wireless sensors network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA633854

Entities

People

  • Andersonn Kohl
  • Andre Guedes
  • Antonio Goncalves
  • Edison Pignaton
  • Marcelo Nogueira
  • Renata Leite

Organizations

  • Brazilian Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerostats
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Disruption Tolerant Networks
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Information Exchange
  • Infrastructure
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Situational Awareness
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites