Kingcaptor Combat Management System

Kingcaptor Combat Management System’s project logo.

The Kingcaptor Combat Management System (Kingcaptor CMS) or (K-CMS) is a Meridonian integrated battlespace management system primarily employed by the Meridon Defense Forces. Created to unify multiple streams of sensors and data for tactical analysis and employment in real-time, Kingcaptor was developed following decades of real-world experience primarily with the Meridonian Navy's Naval Tactical Analysis Decision and Employment System (NAVTADES), which served primarily as a fleet-centric defense network for coordinating fleet defense; and a multitude of Air Forces battle management and combat command and control systems. Kingcaptor is capable of conducting real-time, wide area threat cataloguing; sensors fusion and synthesis of data from thousands of sources simultaneously; tactical data and predictive threar analysis; threat engagement utilizing both manned and unmanned (both human in and out of the loop) platforms via preset, manual or fully automatic, AI-driven threat analysis and prioritizing, coordinating all spectrums of air, naval, and terrestrial warfare including (but not limited to) electronic warfare, engagements with and defense from strategic weaponry, land offensive and defensive operations, fleet air defense, anti-submarine warfare and others.

Kingcaptor is to be integrated into all major Meridonian naval vessels and Air Forces combat, reconnaissance, and command/control aircraft by 2024, and is to be tested at the regimental and higher level in the Meridonian Army at the same time, with possible lower-level integration possible in the future. Kingcaptor is designed to be network-cooperatively redundant, capable of conducting its operations on mounted platforms with or without input from external sensors.

Overview

Symbology and designation system for Kingcaptor's Tactical Data Table.

The heart of Kingcaptor's system of operations lies in the Tactical Data Table (TDT), a two-dimensional multicolored display that focuses around a 20 by 20 grid of grid squares. By default, this is oriented around the own station, however it can be oriented to focus on any track of interest or a fixed geographical point anywhere on the surface of the Earth. Kingcaptor's TDT can overlay the maximum effective ranges of onboard weapons systems, sensors, and countermeasures over the own station, with selected sources able to be filtered by user preference.

Individual units, referred to as 'tracks' can be input by a number of data sources- directly from organic or off-board sensors, via datalink, via predictive analysis, or by manual input.

A training exercise as seen from the Helena-class destroyer St. Regent engaging an enemy corvette.