Defense & AerospaceNetworked visualization for distributed mission operations

Collaboration benefits

The benefits of networked collaboration are compelling in many fields, especially in Defense & Aerospace where efficiency in both operations and economy can be realized.

Whether distributing live video, graphics, audio and data streams within a ship or vehicle for enhanced situational awareness, or synchronously recording them for mission review, the ability to share and record content in high fidelity offers almost immeasurable value.

Uncompromised visualization

To deliver that value, Barco’s collaboration over IP solution provides hardware and software to ensure all visuals and data can be viewed and/or recorded by any user in real-time.

Our offerings enable these sources to be delivered in native resolution (2560x1600 and beyond), with full color representation, utilizing our best-in-class video and desktop distribution technology.

Operational efficiency

Collaboration over IP enables:

• Ad-hoc streaming of real-time computer screen contents to local crews or remote sites

• Composited views of network sources

• Synchronous recording for detailed mission review

• Real-time remote desktop interaction from any crewstation to any computer

Because operators and decision-makers need immediate access to

visual information from a wide variety of sources, networked

systems are on the rise. We offer subsystems for networked access

and interaction with real-time dynamic imagery - be it graphics,

video, radar or sonar - distributed over a secure network, with

minimal latency and in the highest quality.

Collaboration over IP

Stove-pipe systems are being consolidated into networked

open-standard service-oriented environments. More scalable and

flexible configurations, less cluttered workstations, and robust support

for redundancy and failover recovery, are just a few of the benefits.

Recent trends are to move from legacy point-to-point connections and

dedicated AV switching towards a converged, net-centric IP model

potentially enabling significant cost savings.

Barco’s networked visualization technology leverages this net-centric

approach in its products and helps realize the promise of ready access

to dynamic visual information with lower Total Cost of Ownership - all

without sacrificing real-time performance where needed.

Advanced collaborative networks

Real-time Media Network

Workstation/thin/zero clients

Share dynamic visual information between clients with lossless, real-time performance

Real-time remote desktops

Centralized computing offers security and maintenance benefits while reducing the total cost of ownership

Local collaborative viewing

Create common situational awareness by making all sources visible to everyone in the room

Mission recording

Record all video, graphic, audio and metadata streams synchronously for after-action review and training

LARGE AREA DISPLAYS

CREWSTATIONS

SERVER ROOM

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

Advanced collaborative networks

LANWAN

Remote collaborative viewing

Create common situational awareness by making all sources visible to everyone in the team

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Crew members can access crucial information which is traditionally limited to specific systems

LAN/WAN breakout

• Distribute sources across LANs and WANs

• Optimize stream quality and bandwidth consumption to adjust to network conditions

Remote facilities

Share high quality live or recorded mission video, graphic, audio and metadata streams outside of a vessel or vehicle

SYSTEM SERVICES

REMOTE POSITIONS

COMMAND CENTERS

MOBILE DEVICE

Feature rich solution

Mission assurance

High availability and fail-over modes are supported for mission-critical operation.

Performance

Capabilities ranging from real-time, pixel-perfect live operation to optimized, low bandwidth wide-area distribution provide access to critical information throughout the system.

Information assurance

Secure streaming, administration, and support services for customer system certification and accreditation are available.

Real-timemedia network

Hard real-time performance and interaction with lossless image quality is supported using 10Gb ethernet and uncompressed video, USB and audio distribution.

InteroperableWAN access

Open-system dissemination to devices running optimized Barco software clients or standard media players supports wide-area access to live or recorded media.

Visually losslessLAN distribution

Barco’s network collaboration solution maintains image quality, regardless of network speed. As a result, local and remote crew members and mission support specialists can make decisions based on the same visually lossless information.

Key tools for visual collaboration

Encoders and decoders

Our enterprise and rugged encoders/decoders enable seamless, multicast video, graphics and audio distribution, plus keyboard/mouse control.

Compression

• Raw uncompressed media supports hard real-time lossless performance

• Video-to-Data (V2D) compression provides the highest quality user experience with managed bandwidth

• Standard H.264 compressed media enables distribution over low bandwidth connections to standard devices

Recording and distribution

Digital Media Servers provide a versatile platform performing key archival and stream distribution tasks.. It enables multi-stream, synchronous network recording and playback of simultaneous SVGA (800 x 600) to QUXGA (3200 x 2400) video and graphics streams including audio and metadata.

This equipment also serves as a stream distribution and relay node on the network. It converts unicast streams to a multicast stream (vice versa) and adjusts the bandwidth of outgoing streams to accommodate network constraints.

Central management

IT managers, administrators and system integrators can easily manage individual or group elements by type, location or user-defined criteria using the most powerful and intuitive management platform engine in the industry.

From small scale deployments to multi-site, multi-device, global installations, the Management Server (MS) provides tools and setup wizards to ensure quick and efficient configuration with a standard or customizable UI.

Enterprise encoder/decoder

Software client media player

Rugged encoders/decoders

Rugged/enterprise Digital media servers

Management servers

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Barco’s networked visualization technology

Barco focuses exclusively on providing reliable and secure experiences to its customers. With the hardware and software we manufacture and design, the armed forces can share the highest resolution video and graphics sources available using their existing data networks. And since data review and analysis can be as important as real-time collaboration, we also offer scalable solutions to record, synchronize, playback and bookmark all streams no matter where they are generated or reproduced.

Among our unique offerings are:

• Specially architected encoders and decoders for streaming the highest resolution video and graphics data, along with USB devices and audio, all with minimal latency

• Recording technology capable of synchronously archiving unlimited high-resolution networked streams

• Powerful collaboration software for secure system management and multi-stream viewing, accessed via GUI or API for integration into custom applications

• Advanced capabilities including active 3D stereo streaming and tools to provide attractive stream layout and picture-in-picture options

About Barco

Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets: medical imaging, media & entertainment, infrastructure & utilities, traffic & transportation, defense & security, education & training and corporate AV.

In these markets, Barco offers user-friendly imaging products that optimize productivity and business efficiency. Our innovative hard-and software solutions integrate all aspects of the imaging chain, from image acquisition and processing to image display and management.

Barco for defense and aerospace

At moments of decision, Barco is there to enhance mission effectiveness and bring critical sensor information to the operator. As no other visualization company, Barco gives operators and decision-makers the power to see their high-resolution images in real time, wherever they need them. Barco has been serving the defense and aerospace community for over 30 years, providing reliable and high-performance software solutions, high-quality rugged displays, deployable workstations, advanced imaging platforms and Common-Operational-Picture solutions.