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SCSSniper Coordination System

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System Objective• Increase the efficiency of sniper task force• To enable sniper team-leader better control of

situation and desirable outcome by:– Dissemination of live video footage directly

from sniper scope to team-leader– Dissemination of video footage to higher

command levels – Creating common language between all

participating entities • Greatly reduces wrongful doing

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System Objective Cont’d

• Reducing decision time loop• Enables decision makers the ability to control

complex scenarios by enforcing situation awareness

• Critical decisions are based on live and accurate data

• Silent and discreet communication with sniper• Mission debriefing – record of the event• Training tool

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System Block diagram

Optical splitterPower

Video -transmitter

Video transmitter

HQ Video Receiver

Sniper's commander

2 video receivers

SelfPosition

SelfPosition

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Operational Methodology

• Mission parameters are downloaded to sniper PDAs

• Sniper team leader plans infiltration and extraction routes and disseminates it to snipers

• Tactical deployment plan is disseminated to snipers

• Navigation to destination using PDAs

• Deployment – system and communication check

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Operational Methodology – cont’d

• Snipers begin to operate –scanning of area, target detection, “on target”, communication with team leader

• Team leader has multiple view of all snipers

• When “on target” Sniper will press the LOCK key to disseminate video and sniper identification code

• LOCK key indication will automatically switch team leader main screen to view sniper view

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Operational Methodology – cont’d

Self Position

Sniper position

Target objective

Command Vehicle

Sniper + Team Leader

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Operational Methodology – cont’d

• Team leader disseminates data via WLAN link to command and control for confirmation

• Fire at will confirmation is received from command and control

• Team leader sends shooting authorization to one or more snipers to his choice

• Data is recorded for debriefing

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Command and Control• Digital maps• Visual aids (orthophoto, satellite

photo…) • GPS module – forces location on

digital maps• Mission parameters updating • Data sharing with surrounding forces• Tactical deployment planning and

control• Infiltration and extraction routes

planning• Target picture positive for visual

identification• Wind and ballistic corrections

calculator Sniper PDA

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Data Flow Diagram

Commander Station

C³

Sniper Station

C³

Video Server

Sniper

Sniper Video

Location, mission parameters, shooting authorization

Location, on target, distress

Sniper Number

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Leupold X10 Mark-0 day scope optical splitter

• QUBE optical splitter (to enable extended the eye-relief) • Physical size: 40X40 (in order not to loose FOV) • Eye-relief splitter: 40mm

• Splitter Leupold scope: 85mm• Optical compensation: 14mm• Overall new eye-relief: 59mm

• Color CCD: WAT250• Resolution: 460 lines• Light sensitivity: 0.1lux• CCD Power: 12V• X6 CR123A batteries.• Operation time of sniper unit: 4 hours

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Aquila X6 I² night vision scope optical splitter

• QUBE optical splitter (to enable extended the eye-relief)

• Physical optical splitter size: 25mm• Original rubber eye-piece is moved back • B&W CCD sensitive to IR: LCH903• Resolution: 570 lines• Light sensitivity: 0.0003lux• CCD Power: 12V• X6 CR123A batteries.• Operation time of sniper unit: 6 hours

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Day & Night scope transmitter

Broadcasting frequencies • Video transmission - frequency spectrum 1000-

1800 Mhz» wideband 5.5 Mhz» Continuous broadcasting

• Data transmission - frequency spectrum VHF» Transmission frequency – 433Mhz» I.D. data» L.B. data» Lock data

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Team leader command & control unit• Multi channel video receiver• Display of up-to 4 snipers

simultaneously • Display sniper I.D. number• Lock on target indication• Automatic display of sniper with

lock indication• Video recorder• Data processing and C³• MPEG 4 video encoder –

compresses analog video into digital video

• Data dissemination via WLAN

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Team leader command & control unit

• Wrist display– 2.5” color screen– 234X480 resolution– Analog video

• Suitcase control unit– Data processing and control card– 433Mhz VHF data receive

• Hand held computer (PDA) / calculator– GPS– Command and Control– Digital maps– Navigation and orientation

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System Features

• Sniper command and control• Navigation and orientation

tool• Real-time tracking and

control of task force movement to objective and though deployment

• Sniper can acquire targets • Better target coverage• On target / clear to shoot

indication

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System Features Cont’d

• Ballistic calculator• Live color video of sniper scope view, by day /

night– High quality video footage to sniper team-

leader via analog video– Compressed video footage to higher

command levels • WLAN communication for video dissemination

to command and control center