F125 Command Management System

CWCS — Command and Weapons Control System — Definition

• integration of all sensors

• integration of all weapons

• tactical data link system

• integrated shipboard network system

• security filters / gateways

• diver detection sonar

The weapon system comprises the combat management system, the platform system and shore-based systems.

The combat management system is subdivided into the segments “Topics Information System” (Fachinformationssystem), Maritime Command, Control and Information System MCCIS (here CCIS), Information Transfer System (ITS), navigation, and the CMS segment

The CMS segment comprises

sensors + weapons + central control system + DLS + integrated shipboard network (red network)

complemented by:

multi-service shipboard network (black network) + security filters for secure data transmission between red and black system elements of the CMS

The C^2 section of the CMS segment encompasses:

• central combat management system “CMS HW/SW”

• data link system (L11, 16, 22)

• ship’s IP network, including

  • integrated shopboard network (IBN) for internal transmission of sensitive classified (red) data

  • multi-service shipboard network (MSB) for internal transmission of non-confidential (black) data

  • security filters (SF) for secure transmission of non-confidential data between both networks

• sensors, including

  • multi-function radar (MFR), Identification Friend Foe (IFF), Electro Optical Tracker (EOT), InfraRed Search and Track System (IRST), Radar/Communication Electronic Support Measures (RCESM)

• weapons, including

  • close-in weapon system, hitrole machine gun weapon station, heavy machine gun, large calibre gun, point defence missile system, surface to surface missiles, decoy launching system, searchlight

In total:

• 22 x CMS operating consoles (MFC, multi-functional consoles)

• 2 x CAP (redundancy, command authorization panel)

• excessive computing power (factor 7) compared to defined maximum load scenario

• additionally: display on LSDs, display and control via notebooks, other peripheral equipment

AZ: internal measure

WZ: automatic employment of non-lethal weapons, e.g. searchlight, accoustic device

NLEZ: at least one gun is directed automatically and the operator fires a warning shot

LEZ: automatic or semi-automatic weapon employment

Lethal weapon employment is an option in all escalation stages.

The geometry and position of escalation zones can be adjusted as required.

Different sets of escaltation zones can be defined for airborne and seaborne threats.