Command, Control and Communications[C2-APP]
Android and desktop application showing every team position, message and marker on one map, carried over mesh radio with no mobile network.
- Platforms
- Android and desktop
- Network required
- None
- Maps
- Stored offline
- Messaging
- Encrypted
Overview
The phone in a soldier's pocket is already a capable terminal. What it lacks in the field is a network. Paired with a mesh radio node, this application turns it into a shared map that works with no tower, no subscription and no internet.
Positions, messages, markers and zones move across the mesh between handsets. Maps are stored on the device before departure. Nothing is uploaded anywhere, and the same picture runs on a desktop at the command post.
System qualities
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One shared picture
Every handset shows the same positions, markers and drawings, updated as the mesh carries them. The command post desktop sees exactly what the section sees.
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Zones that raise an alarm
Draw a boundary on the map and be told when anyone crosses it, inbound or outbound.
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Keys you control
Message keys are generated on the device, backed up encrypted, and can be restored or destroyed. Packets are signed so a message can be attributed.
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Joining is a tap
Contacts and channel settings can be written to a tag and shared by touch, so adding a handset in the field takes seconds rather than a configuration session.
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Finds the network around you
Nearby nodes and channels are discovered and listed, with invitations to join a mesh that is already running.
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Sensor readings come with it
Battery, position quality, and environmental readings from attached sensors travel over the same mesh and appear beside each node.
Specifications
Figures marked undisclosed or on request are released against a stated requirement.
Platforms
- Mobile
- Android 8.0 and later
- Desktop
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Network
- Bearer
- Mesh radio node, direct
- Mobile network
- Not required
- Internet
- Not required
- Position update rate
- Set per channel to suit the mission
Mapping
- Basemaps
- Stored on device before deployment
- Tools
- Markers, lines, polygons, range and bearing, measurement
- Zones
- Boundary alerts on crossing
- Coordinate formats
- Latitude and longitude, grid references, and military grid
Messaging
- Encryption
- End to end, device-held keys
- Attribution
- Signed packets
- Key backup
- Encrypted backup, restore and destroy
- Standard
- End-to-end encryption with per-device keys
Sharing
- Contacts and channels
- Tag write and touch transfer
Documentation
- Command, Control and Communications overviewAvailable on request
Works with
These are built to operate together, on one network and one picture.
See your team. No network.