SciSys will investigate the role of NEC in vehicle survivability as part of a QinetiQ led team.

The three-year Vehicle Technology Integration Demonstrator (VTID) programme will investigate and implement a layered protection approach to survivability for armoured vehicles to reduce their vulnerability to attack. The programme will embrace a wide variety of technologies and concepts from visual awareness and sensor suites, disrupters and interceptors and 'soft' solutions like smoke, through to active camouflage and electric armour.

SciSys is an expert in the use of Network Enabled Capability (NEC) to collate, share, and utilise data. SciSys will investigate how NEC can be used to enhance a vehicle's survivability through improved situational awareness and operational effectiveness.

The company is proud to have this opportunity to utilise their experience of NEC and armoured vehicles which they have gained through several MOD programmes such as FRES Electronic Architecture and the NBC Battlefield Information System Application. The provision of information through NEC is becoming an increasingly essential component of a vehicle's survivability suite - knowledge of the enemy, and indeed of friendly assets, can make all the difference on the battlefield.

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