Collins Aerospace wins task orders to enhance CRIIS
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Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., has been awarded multiple task orders totaling more than $7.6 million toupdate computer operating systems (OS) and operator consoles of the CommonRange Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) for U.S. Air Force, Navy andArmy test ranges. This effort resolves OS obsolescence, improves systemsecurity and incorporates lessons learned to enhance system operator workflow.
CRIIS is replacing legacy Department of Defense (DoD) testrange systems including Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) and Air-to-Air RangeInfrastructure (AARI) systems in use at major U.S. military ranges. The systemsupports the DoD’s vision of a common test and training infrastructure forimproved operational realism by providing: accurate time, space and positioninformation under highly-dynamic aircraft conditions with an extended areacontrol of air, land and sea participants;
real-time tracking of air exercise participants up toapproximately 430 nautical miles; open architecture design to support rangeflexibility; multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) architecture; standardizationof interface protocols including Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA);software-defined radio for waveform and frequency agility; and support forsynthetic threats and forces.
Collins Aerospace’s CRIIS includes operator consoles formission setup, datalink network control, real-time evaluation, post-missiondata analysis and system maintenance. With the new updates, a single, commonoperating system configuration for all system computers will be in place togreatly reduce the life-cycle cost to perform updates over time.
“By updating the user interface consoles, we’re able tostreamline operator’s workload for all phases that lead to easier pre-missionsetup and improved user experience during real-time operations,'' said BradHaselhorst, vice president and general manager, Training and Mission Solutionsfor Collins Aerospace.
In addition to the traditional data collection capability ofan instrumentation system, CRIIS includes the ability to uplink and downlinkground and aircraft data. This enables seamless interaction between live andsynthetic participants for highly-realistic test or training missions.
