BOREADES

BOREADES is the C-UAS solution designed, developed and deployed by CS GROUP. It is a flexible, scalable solution that addresses the stakes involved in protecting different types of sensitive sites, by detecting, identifying, assessing the threat and neutralizing drones.

Its many operational references guarantee a very high level of performance.

WHAT IS C-UAS?

The exponential growth in the market for commercial UAS for the public, which is now widely affordable both financially and in terms of ease of use, offers numerous opportunities for industry, events and leisure, but also raises growing problems in terms of safety.

There is a gradation of threats, both intentional and unintentional. For example, there are :

Disruption caused by unauthorized drones (whose pilots are sometimes unaware of the regulations)
Flying over critical or protected sites
The use of UAS for intelligence or spying purposes
The use of UAS, sometimes in swarms, for smuggling purposes (prisons, borders)
The use of UAS in attack scenarios, sometimes coordinated

C-UAS solutions such as BOREADES aim to detect, categorize, identify, assess and neutralize threatening UAVs.

BOREADES specifically addresses micro and mini UAS, and is aimed at armed forces, police forces and critical infrastructure operators, in compliance with applicable legislation.

Mini and micro-UAS are highly complex to detect. They are agile, silent, often made of composite materials, with a small radar coverage area, and their characteristics are constantly evolving: autonomy of action (without a remote pilot), increased range, capacity to carry a payload, and so on.

This complexity is often compounded by environmental constraints: obstacles, RF saturation, urban clutter, urban canyons, etc. The only way to obtain good detection performance is to use several sensors of different types, distributed over the area to be covered, and merged in the BOREADES C2 to present a clear tactical situation to the operator:

Radars (X, K, Ku bands)
RF sensors (RF goniometers or protocol decoding)
EO/IR cameras
Passive radar
Lidar
Thermal sensors
Acoustic sensors
Cooperative sources: Infodrone, UTM, ADS-B, transponders
Etc.

FEATURES

Real-time 2D-3D visualization
Alarms correlation
Identifying friendly or authorized UAS
Display objects of different categories: UAS, birds, pedestrians, vehicles, etc.
Sharing information on a need-to-know basis
Automatic camera tracking of targets for operator confirmation
Integration of numerous effectors
Action history, automated reporting and replay

STRENGTHS OF BOREADES

Global, shared vision of the situation
Unique, intuitive and ergonomic interface
Reducing false alarms
Operator decision support
Cyber-secure solution
Integration of heterogeneous sensors
Internal and external interoperability via C2
Traceability and post-action analysis

INTEROPERABILITY

The interoperability of C-UAS systems is becoming an essential subject. This interoperability must be envisaged both within C-UAS systems and with external systems.

Internal interoperability

This essential capability ensures that C-UAS solutions can be upgraded over time, and that configurations deployed can be flexibly adapted to meet changing needs. As a systems integrator, CS GROUP has already published and shared with its technology partners a standard interconnection format with BOREADES.

CS GROUP also participates in working groups in this sector (NATO NCIA, Eurocae) and contributes actively to standardization. The SAPIENT interface was implemented and demonstrated during the TIE exercises (since 2021).

External interoperability

This capability, which is just as essential, enables C-UAS solutions to be interconnected with external systems, such as C2 Air Defense, GBAD and command posts.

CS GROUP has defined and demonstrated from 2020 an interconnection based on L16 between its BOREADES and STARLINX systems, according to the principle below.

On the strength of this experience and these initial conclusive results, CS GROUP positioned itself as L16 Test Lead for the NCIA TIE since 2021. At the end of the TIE22 exercise, the exercise leader Dr Cristian Coman, responsible of C-UAS activities within the NCI Agency Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), gave the following statement: “Through the new innovations tested at this exercise, the Agency sends the message of TIE22 – that C-UAS’s shall be integrated with existing air defence in order to guarantee Nato’s airspace remains safe.”

Link : https://www.ncia.nato.int/about-us/newsroom/nci-agency-holds-natos-livetesting-counterdrone-exercise.html

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