CAE USA receives $135 million contract for mission command system
An integrated Common Operational Picture allows real-time mission planning and support for joint, all-domain operations and collaboration. (Photo: CAE USA)
CAE USA receives a $135 million contract from USSOCOM to create a next-generation mission command system.
CAE USA has been awarded a contract valued at more than $135 million, by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to lead integration efforts for the SOF global situational awareness initiative.
In 2020, CAE USA was among several companies awarded an initial prototype contract to demonstrate the capability of leveraging a digital ecosystem to fuse data from a variety of sources and deliver a Common Operational Picture (COP).
After careful consideration, USSOCOM selected CAE USA to lead the integration and architecture development efforts under a programme called Mission Command System/COP (MCS/COP).
The scalable next-generation MCS will unify the SOF enterprise through the creation of an integrated COP, which will deliver enhanced and improved situational awareness.
USSOCOM’s MCS will incorporate new solutions developed by CAE that integrate mission operations in a single synthetic environment.
Ray Duquette, president and general manager, CAE USA, said: ‘Combining decades of experience creating digital ecosystems with our multi-source data fusion and artificial intelligence/machine learning capabilities, CAE is providing a single visualisation platform to support collaborative command and control decision-making in real-time.’
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