11. AUGMENTED REALITY MECHANISMS IN MOBILE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS SUPPORTING COMBAT FORCES AND TERRAIN CALCULATIONS - A CASE STUDY
The paper presents verified and validated ideas on how to utilize augmented reality technology in order to develop and render operational information for individual soldier and low level commanders. Since the 90s military have been trying to develop technologies supporting information and decision superiority, main concepts defined within Network Enabled Capabilities (UK MoD, 2005) doctrine. Presented method and algorithms provide advanced mechanisms for potential calculations and opponent threat level evaluations delivered as mobile software for widespread smartphone platform. The decision support system consists of terrain and tactical data processing algorithms used for prediction and estimation of combat task characteristics referring to planning and realization (CHMIELEWSKI, 2017). Software implementations consist of augmented reality views supplemented with combat potential comparisons, threat level and time limits evaluation, which are extremely useful in military operations. Paper also describes assessment tactical and topographical orientation, supplementing the process of individual or unit awareness evaluation. Dismounted Soldier Solution class systems equip individual soldiers with advanced personal weapon and communication systems supplemented with handheld supporting map as well as unified Common Operational and Tactical pictures (US DoD, 2009). Described mCOP (MUT, 2014) platform concentrates on providing personalized combat-oriented mobile system, supporting functionalities for management of military and crisis management elements fused with GIS topographical and satellite datasources. The tool implements algorithms for terrain features evaluation, movement assistance and analysis, military potential evaluation, combat situation composition, location tracking, etc. Features of mCOP mobile application have been designed and organized as mission-critical functions. This work evaluates the capabilities and properties of constructed decision support tools, applied for operational and territorial defence formations.
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- AuthorMariusz Chmielewski et al.
- AffiliationMilitary University of Technology Warsaw
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