Pleora Technologies - Global Defence Technology | Issue 105

Smart Video Switching and Plug-In AI for Local Situational Awareness

Pleora’s RuggedCONNECT Smart Video Switcher with plug-in AI for vehicle identification and driver awareness is a scalable sensor networking and battlefield awareness solution that reduces cognitive burden, increases mission effectiveness, and meets SWaP-C demands.

Transmit real-time, low latency sensor data across secure networks to processors and displays for advanced warning and effective mission planning
Crew-centered product design ensures intuitive systems that reduce cognitive burden
Highly configurable architecture enables NGVA, GVA, and VICTORY compliant vehicle platforms that are rapidly deployable, mission configurable, cost-effective
Full scalability to ensure future capabilities can be incorporated with minimal integration effort
Plug-in AI solutions for machine learning based tank detection and identification and driver assistance (changing soil conditions, gradients, and obstacles) – leverage powerful GPU resources of the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i to add decision support capabilities

Network Processing for Local Situational Awareness

Pleora’s RuggedCONNECT Network Video Processing Unit (NVPU) platform is a modular, scalable, open approach to real-time sensor networking that helps manufacturers meet interoperability and scalability demands in SWaP-C sensitive applications while reducing cognitive burden and increasing mission-effectiveness for end-users.

Military imaging systems have traditionally used point-to-point interfaces to connect sensors, processors, and displays. This approach adds costs, single-point-of-failure risk, and challenges future scalability. More critically, it results in difficult to operate systems for an already overburdened crew.

RuggedCONNECT converts sensor data from multiple sources into a standardized feed that is transmitted over a low latency, multicast Gigabit Ethernet network. With all devices connected to a common infrastructure, data can be transmitted to any combination of mission computers and displays. Vehicle crew can view information on a single display, and know immediately if something has changed in their environment.

Transmit real-time sensor data across secure networks to processors and displays for advanced warning and effective mission planning
Highly configurable architecture enables NGVA, GVA, and VICTORY compliant vehicle platforms
Design SWaP-C optimized imaging platforms with full scalability to ensure future capabilities can be incorporated with minimal integration effort
Leverage powerful GPU resources of the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i to add image processing and graphics overlay decision-support capabilities

Pleora’s RuggedCONNECT Smart Video Switcher with plug-in AI for vehicle identification and driver awareness is a scalable sensor networking and battlefield awareness solution that reduces cognitive burden, increases mission effectiveness, and meets SWaP-C demands.

Transmit real-time, low latency sensor data across secure networks to processors and displays for advanced warning and effective mission planning
Crew-centered product design ensures intuitive systems that reduce cognitive burden
Highly configurable architecture enables NGVA, GVA, and VICTORY compliant vehicle platforms that are rapidly deployable, mission configurable, cost-effective
Full scalability to ensure future capabilities can be incorporated with minimal integration effort
Plug-in AI solutions for machine learning based tank detection and identification and driver assistance (changing soil conditions, gradients, and obstacles) – leverage powerful GPU resources of the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i to add decision support capabilities

Network Processing for Local Situational Awareness

Pleora’s RuggedCONNECT Network Video Processing Unit (NVPU) platform is a modular, scalable, open approach to real-time sensor networking that helps manufacturers meet interoperability and scalability demands in SWaP-C sensitive applications while reducing cognitive burden and increasing mission-effectiveness for end-users.

Military imaging systems have traditionally used point-to-point interfaces to connect sensors, processors, and displays. This approach adds costs, single-point-of-failure risk, and challenges future scalability. More critically, it results in difficult to operate systems for an already overburdened crew.

RuggedCONNECT converts sensor data from multiple sources into a standardized feed that is transmitted over a low latency, multicast Gigabit Ethernet network. With all devices connected to a common infrastructure, data can be transmitted to any combination of mission computers and displays. Vehicle crew can view information on a single display, and know immediately if something has changed in their environment.

Transmit real-time sensor data across secure networks to processors and displays for advanced warning and effective mission planning
Highly configurable architecture enables NGVA, GVA, and VICTORY compliant vehicle platforms
Design SWaP-C optimized imaging platforms with full scalability to ensure future capabilities can be incorporated with minimal integration effort
Leverage powerful GPU resources of the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i to add image processing and graphics overlay decision-support capabilities

Real-Time Vision Systems for Local Situational Awareness in Land-Based Military Vehicles