CERDEC

Working with US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, And Engineering Center (CERDEC)

Mechdyne is working with the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Command and Control Directorate (C2D) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to develop a next-generation Command and Control (C2) application. Geospatial Environment for Command and Control Operations (GEC2O) provides an informative, interactive and intuitive tool for warfighters which supports the full mission lifecycle:

Mission Planning
Mission Briefing and Rehearsal
Live Situational Awareness
After Action Review

GEC20 was developed with two primary goals:

Bring the ease of use and power of the GoogleEarth™ mapping application to C2
Less training time, better visualization capabilities, intuitive

More than just a pretty picture, GEC2O provides tactical network interoperability with existing Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) including Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), Command Post of the Future (CPOF), Land Warrior and more.

Some of the features found in GEC20 include:

Drag and drop mission planning using MILSTD-2525B symbology
Recording of all tactical mission data allowing for DVR-like playback during the mission or later for after action review and mission analysis
Display of imagery and live streaming video from networked sensors
Collaboration and markup capabilities help to ensure shared situational understanding

GEC20 has been employed and proven in soldier experiments at Fort Dix, New Jersey (C4ISR On The Move) and Fort Benning, Georgia (Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment, AEWE) as the primary battle command system. In addition to desktop and laptop systems, GEC2O is available for the Microsoft Surface Touchtable for small team collaborative planning and briefing and Android® mobile devices for dismounted operations.>