ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has launched SkyView Compact, a new “all-in-one" command-and-control (C2) product packaged in transportable units for easy deployment (Photo).

SkyView Compact is designed for customers needing to provide 24/7 air protection of critical infrastructure, strengthen airspace sovereignty at specific points, engage military power to combat trafficking, or protect expeditionary forces. This new product brings them an affordable, off-the-shelf solution that is available at short notice and guarantees interoperability with NATO systems.

SkyView Compact is packaged in transit cases and performs all the key functions of a modern C2 center at execution level. It offers armed forces a scalable C2 solution with a high degree of automation and a set of intuitive, easy-to-use tools that help operators to learn procedures quickly while reducing their workload. The product can be delivered within four months, enabling customers to meet any urgent operational requirement for airspace surveillance and protection. SkyView Compact is designed around an open, service-oriented architecture and can also be interconnected with tactical L11 and L16 datalink networks.

SkyView Compact is the latest product in the SkyView family of Air C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) systems designed by ThalesRaytheonSystems to provide 24/7 protection of an area, territory or entire country. NATO’s Air Command and Control System (ACCS), also designed by ThalesRaytheonSystems, ultimately will protect 10 million sq.km of airspace and interconnect more than 20 military airspace surveillance centers.

“SkyView Compact packs all the know-how of ThalesRaytheonSystems in air command and control systems into a single "all-in-one" product. It is designed for customers who need a solution that can be implemented quickly, for example to protect the airspace around a major sporting event or around military forces deployed in a theater of operations,” said Philippe Duhamel, CEO of ThalesRaytheonSystems SAS.

ThalesRaytheonSystems has also launched CybAIR RadBox, an innovative system to protect air surveillance radars against cyberattack and detect intrusions that could disrupt air operations. Co-located with the radar, CybAIR RadBox is designed for both civil and military airspace surveillance systems.

This system monitors operational data, alerts the user if the radar behaves abnormally, performs technical and operational supervision roles and enables operators to visualize the operational consequences of a cyberattack. It can detect any kind of cyberattack, including zero-day incursions that exploit an unknown vulnerability in the system, and insider assault on a protected network.

A full range of services and tools are available to update protections, train users and conduct investigations during and after an attack. CybAIR RadBox complements conventional system and network protection solutions and is fully interoperable with operational security centers.

CybAIR RadBox is currently undergoing operational evaluation by the French Air Force and the French defense procurement agency (DGA) at the CDEVS (*) testing center in Mont-de-Marsan. CybAIR RadBox is part of the CybAIR Vision® range of solutions designed by ThalesRaytheonSystems to detect any type of abnormal system behavior in radars, networks and air traffic control and air command centers.