A combat management system (CMS) is the central command and decision-making element of a military naval vessel. Its function and performance are critical to the operational effectiveness of a naval vessel, and typically supports sensor control, picture compilation, situation assessment, action support and weapon control for all naval missions.
CMS have evolved to serve the needs of maritime security operations and they support the functions of surveillance, anomaly detection, evidence gathering and, as necessary, interdiction and arrest.
Tacticos is open and scalable by the underlying architecture, delivering a modular system, matched to a variety of mission profiles and to a variety of vessel types.
Based on a recognized fire control capability worldwide, Tacticos integrates a wide range of sensing capability (Radar/EW/EOIR) from own ship level and the Task Group level, with weapon control for operational advantage. It offers new design and functions which are continuous developed to meet the ever changing needs of our customers.
Among the many features of Tacticos is its smart and ergonomic operations room design, facilitating optimal interaction in the command team at all times. The unique Human Machine Interface (HMI) shows the true power of Tacticos by visualising all primary operations on a single screen, translating data from all the integrated naval systems into actionable information.
Whatever the mission requires, all functions can be accessed in parallel, at any of the multifunctional intuitive operator positions. Tacticos naturally adapts to the tasks of the command team, and offers optimal flexibility in the command team tasking. The multi-level track compilation and correlation in Tacticos delivers situational awareness in a clear and unambiguous way.
Tacticos offers an automated, state-of-the-art rule-based identification and classification capability, thus reducing the load on the operator. The Tacticos artificial intelligence (AI) core works in automatic, semi-automatic or manual modes for engagement planning and execution. This AI functions at the own ship level and the task group level.
With the rapid adoption of unmanned assets, such as UAV\VTOL\USV\UUV, that offer a force multiplier effect, coordinating these with own ship capability has become vital in a high intensity environments. They need to be integrated into a ship capability to achieve their full potential.
Tacticos delivers this through its open architecture, providing digital tasking, status monitoring, full sensor fusion and operator training. From an operators view point, the unmanned assets are presented like any other asset, reducing the need for special training.
Over the past decades, Tacticos has obtained a reputation as a robust, reliable and proven leading-edge naval combat management system. Tacticos technology is used on board more than 200 ships (from small patrol craft to full-size frigates and destroyers) operated by 25 navies around the world.
Recent contracts include :
- UK Type 31 and Poland Miecznik with Babcock
- German F126 with Damen
