Range Instrumentation Systems

Force-on-force exercises can be displayed on traditional topographical maps or in computer-generated 3-dimensional imagery.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)  has many years of significant experience in the electronic, communication, and software technologies necessary for today's modern range instrumentation systems.

Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) is becoming more commonplace in today's worldwide political environment, resulting in an increased need for training in these situations. SwRI has investigated the specialized techniques and technologies necessary for the instrumentation of these environments.

A number of new soldier-carried weapons, such as the Objective Individual Combatant Weapon (OICW), require methods for real-time casualty assessment (RTCA) for non-line-of-sight engagements. SwRI has investigated a technique known as Geometric Pairing (GP), which requires the accurate instrumentation of the firing weapon's azimuth, elevation and position, as well as target parameters.

SwRI has developed systems that have been used to monitor the position of military entities in both training and actual battlefield conditions. Entity positions are determined by GPS receivers and transmitted to a central location via either line of sight or satellite. The positions are presented as overlays on terrain maps for situational awareness or after-action review. 

The Joint Readiness Training Center MOUT facility at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, was the focus of a recent instrumentation study.

Turnkey Solutions

SwRI has the technical expertise, computational resources, electronic, RF, mechanical, and secure compartmented laboratories and equipment necessary for the research, design, development, and integration of all aspects of range instrumentation equipment and systems.

All hardware and software solutions delivered are non-proprietary, with full data rights given to the client. 

An analysis of antenna characteristics was made on existing soldier-carried instrumentation to determine atnenna gain and propagation pattern.

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