UAV and Aircraft Mission Software

From dynamic platform and payload modeling to the incorporation of RF interference sources, AGI software gives you more than accurate visualization — you get a complete operational picture of the mission allowing decision makers of your deployed system to act quickly.

AGI software development kits are interoperable, scalable and perfect for use with service-oriented architectures (SOA) in net-centric environments. Mission-specific workflows are rapidly prototyped with fully customizable GUIs and an application engine. Core modeling, simulation and visualization capabilities are integrated into deployed applications through low-level component libraries.

• System design and analysis

  Engineers use AGI software to model the entire aircraft system including the vehicle, its payload and its communications network. Adjusting the configuration, analysts can parametrically evaluate changes in system hardware against the mission effectiveness to determine the best combination of hardware and operational procedures for successful missions while reducing the time, cost and risk of design, engineering and test.

  

  Mission planning

  Operators use AGI software to plan and analyze routes based on mission criteria and payload performance. AGI software will detect any possible route conflicts for the duration of the mission within spatial and temporal tolerances. Operators then analyze the planned mission against point, line or regional objectives to quantitatively measure coverage time, number of visits and qualitatively sensor range, GSD and NIRS or RF signal strength. Additionally, operators use AGI software to confirm the aircraft system maintains communication links with sufficient rates for operation.

  
  
  

• Situational Awareness Support

  AGI's software development kits enable software developers to build a world-class common operating picture (COP) based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software that supports full motion video (FMV); blue, red and neutral force tracking; geometric sensor modeling; communications links; GIS data; and ISR assets.

  

  Communication system modeling

  AGI software's communications capability supports wireless link analysis for antennas enabling software developers to model and analyze antenna gain patterns, wireless signal propagation, hardware-in-the-loop simulations and link budgets.

  
  
  

• Support for video and imagery exploitation

  AGI software facilitates targeted searches of catalogued video and imagery by increasing the searchable attributes to include geometric, lighting and temporal conditions. AGI software returns the precise times where video and imagery match specified requirements. Model specific parameters such as Sun elevation angle and azimuth; sensor geometry; target elevation angle and azimuth; time; and terrain (natural or urban).

  

AGI's desktop applications and Software Development Kits include open and published Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that support all the important facets of interoperability and software integration:

Application interoperability: Out of the box interoperability with:

• Flight Control - Simulyze
• ArcGIS - Esri
• MATLAB - Mathworks
• ModelCenter - Phoenix Integration

Developer toolsets: AGI developer integration products are language agnostic and include:

• NET and Java bindings, C++ and COM interfaces
• Scripting interfaces including Perl, JavaScript, VBScript and MATLAB
• Functional plug-in architectures at the Engine and User Interface levels in most programming and scripting languages

Data integration: Standard astrodynamic, geospatial, 3D model and data-feed formats.

• NET and Java bindings, C++ and COM interfaces
• Scripting interfaces including Perl, JavaScript, VBScript and MATLAB
• Functional plug-in architectures at the Engine and User Interface levels in most programming and scripting languages

Application architectures

• Services-oriented architectures (SOA)
• Web Services in both .NET and Java and deployed in an IIS or J2EE environments
• Thin-client, Web-based applications as well as rich desktop applications
• Application development on mobile devices such as Blackberry, Android and iPhone

Platform integration: All AGI developer integration products are platform agnostic:

• STK Engine is available on PC, Linux and Solaris
• AGI Components are available in both .NET and Java, facilitating deployment on almost all platforms