Waterfall Solutions participates in live scenario demo at General Dynamics
On the 17th November 2009, Waterfall Solutions Ltd participated in an integrated scenario demonstration at General Dynamics’ EDGE UK facility in South Wales. The scenario was based on a Combat Logistic Patrol travelling between Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), and showed how information could be shared between the patrol, headquarters and reaction forces in response to an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incident.
In the live demonstration, our technology was integrated with General Dynamics’ Bowman system, which provides secure voice communications, a tactical internet and advanced situational awareness to the UK Armed Forces on operations. Our software was used to intelligently transform data about the location of a detected IED into a sound that conveyed critical information to the driver of the patrol vehicle, such as the predicted distance of closest approach and the directionality of the threat. The benefit of this approach is that it reduces the demand on an operator’s visual attention, as well as aiding the interpretation of any displayed information.
The EDGE event was very well received by the 200+ attendees, comprising General Dynamics executives and staff, customers from the UK military, and other exhibitors.