Portuguese Air Command and Control System Phase I (POACCS I)
In 1993, EDISOFT started its contribution, as a subcontractor to Thales Air Defence (former Thomson Shorts), to a NATO-sponsored project named the Portuguese Air Command and Control System - Phase I or POACCS I. EDISOFT professionals were a part of the teams that, in Paris, proceeded with the design, development, testing and integration of all the software applications to provide the surveillance, air defence, man-machine interface and Link 11 protocol simulator functionality. More specifically, EDISOFT's contribution was exercised in the following software modules: Safe Passage Corridor Management, Manual Input Station, Alphanumeric Station Interface, Database Management, Track Management, Track Correlation and Optimisation of Display Delay Responses.( back to top )
Portuguese Maritime Buffer and Airborne early warning Link (POMBAL)
In 2001, EDISOFT received a contract award to create the POMBAL interface for the Portuguese Air Force. The POMBAL interface connects the Maritime Command and Control Integrated System (MCCIS) located in the Commander-in-Chief Iberian Atlantic (CINCIBERLANT) site and the Portuguese Air Force Alpha Command and Control Integrated System (ACCIS). This interface will exchange M-Series, Formatted Text and Unformatted Text messages between the two Armed Forces' systems and is also capable of receiving Link 14 broadcast messages. The POMBAL interface presents client and server applications built as segments of the Command and Control Information System and it is being developed for a Unix platform, using UML and Visual C++ programming languages and the Object-Oriented (OO) Network Programming Toolkit Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE), strongly based in UDP and TCP/IP protocols, and applying the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology.
POACCS III: Extension to the Madeira Archipelago
EDISOFT is currently involved with the POACCS III: Extension to the Madeira Archipelago project. Being a NATO-sponsored project, POACCS III has been a long-time awaited promise: to give back to Portugal the command and control of Madeira Archipelago's airspace. This goal is attained with the installation of a radar station with associated communications and a Link 11 subsystem at the Madeira archipelago, and the integration of these new capabilities with Monsanto's Report and Control Centre. EDISOFT is eager to once again contribute to the Portuguese Air Command and Control System (POACCS) and the Nation's sovereign aspirations, as expressed by the new National Defence Strategic Concept.
Westland EH-101 Helicopters
EDISOFT has recently started its participation in the Portuguese Air Force's acquisition effort of the Westland EH-101 Helicopters. EDISOFT's team is deeply involved with the development of the helicopters' on-board software, including the one dedicated to the RTM engines, the integration of a front-end round helicopter configuration and life cycle support information system and the creation of electronic technical publications.
NH-90 Helicopters
In the end of 2002, EDISOFT began its involvement with the NH-90 Helicopters project, under the aegis of the Portuguese Army. EDISOFT's expertise is needed for the development of the helicopters' on-board software, with an emphasis in all automation and control systems, including the RTM motors' control, an all-check system and a mission control software package.
Navio Patrulha Oceânico (NPO) Off-shore Patrol Vessel (OPV)
EDISOFT is currently preparing its involvement with the Portuguese Navy's new Off-shore Patrol Vessel (OPV) programme. As part of its task assignment, EDISOFT supplies two state-of-the-art naval assets with an Integrated Information System and Platform Control System and Logistics.
Navio Polivalente Logístico (NAVPOL) Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
The Portuguese Navy's Landing Platform Dock (LPD) project, Navio Polivalente Logístico or NAVPOL, shall be a proof of EDISOFT's expertise with combat systems. Apart from the supply of a complete command and control and warfighting capability, EDISOFT shall be responsible for the Integrated Information System, the automated Platform System and the naval integrator's activities.
Alliance Ground System (AGS)
The Alliance Ground Surveillance program started in 1992 as an operational need to complement NATO unique asset : the AWACS fleet. AGS is intended to detect and track ground mobile targets and deployed forces as well as to provide a constant update of information related to fixed facilities and warning data (SAR and MTI images). In a war situation, the AGS capability supplies constant surveillance over mobile forces, friendly and hostile, maneuver and attack planning, target acquisition and battle damage assessment.
After a decade of discussions and consultations among NATO organisation and its Member nations, the program received a new encouragement. EADS and Northrop Grumman are now leading the preparation of a viable, cost-effective and low-risk Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS), which presents a complete System of Systems' architecture, integrates support from GALILEO, meets or exceeds the NATO Staff Requirements, complies with recent decisions of the North Atlantic Council and provides the opportunity for nineteen national industrial participations.
Under a 2003 contract, Edisoft leads the Portuguese industry participation in the TIPS initiative. Accordingly to the Program Plan, AGS initial operational capability shall be deployed in 2010.