During the recently conducted Defexpo 2012, Raytheon carried out an exclusive briefing for SP’s M.A.I. to highlight the benefits of its Project Athena as a robust ‘multi-domain awareness system’ and its suitability in the overall architecture of the IAF’s under development integrated air command and control centres (IACCS) for the conduct of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) operations.

Athena is a networkcentric, multi-domain C4ISR system for high performance situation awareness, fusion, analysis and knowledge management. By exploiting information from global sources—including sensors, databases and intelligence—Athena delivers persistent surveillance, situational awareness and anomaly detection aids to reduce operator workload.

Athena uses a modern, extendable and open C4ISR enterprisegrade framework allowing the integration of a wide range of sensors and supports collaboration across command centres. It employs user-friendly and role-based methods of managing correlated information and sharing across local, regional or global joint command interests. Athena delivers fast and flexible multi-domain awareness for rapid operational deployments using proven components. It also has applicability to other homeland security missions.