C4ISR Systems applied to Amazonian Constraints

The state of the art of military thinking is directed towards combined operations, joint operations and mosaic warfare in a concept of interoperability. In this context, there are technological and operational challenges to deal with the vertiginous advance of data acquisition and processing platforms, sensors, communications systems and their diversity. The Amazon rainforest is one of the critical operational areas for the Brazilian armed forces, being an environment with severe constraints on mobility and communications, which directly impact on the viability of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. This work aims to present an architecture for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance - C4ISR System, including the description of 4 important intelligent subsystems embedded in a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): (1) An intelligent communication middleware from Brazilian Navy called Command and Control Interoperability (INTERC2)System; (2) the Mission-Oriented Sensors Array (MOSA)System from Brazilian Army, that automates and optimizes the data acquisition, the data fusion and the data sharing; (3) the Inflight Awareness (IFA) System from Brazilian Air Force, that provides security for UAV navigation; and a (4) Software Defined Radio System from Brazilian Ministry of Defense, that promote flexibility and interoperable communications in a Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). A case study will also be presented, describing the survey of requirements for the application of the referred proposal, in the fulfillment of (ISR) missions, in the complex Amazonian region.