DSEI 2023: HENSOLDT's Ceretron presents data fusion

With more complex combat situations and the resulting increase in combat capabilities of armored vehicles with optical, optronic, and radar sensors, the amount of data to be processed also increases. To avoid an "information overload," HENSOLDT has introduced "Ceretron", an innovative solution in its portfolio. The sensor suite combines sensors, merges their data streams, analyzes them in real-time, processes them, and provides the vehicle crew and the entire combat unit with an AI-supported operational picture. This automates the provision of ad hoc militarily relevant information, allowing for faster and smarter decision-making in the future.

"For the realization and further development of 'Ceretron,' HENSOLDT has the necessary and specific understanding of sensors across the entire spectral range," says Tanya Altmann, Head of the Optronics & Land Solutions Division at HENSOLDT. "By automating the AI-based evaluation of sensor data, we significantly accelerate the situational awareness process for planning and decision-making. We want to bring this expertise, proven in practical scenarios with the German Army, into future programs, such as D-LBO in Germany and FOXTROT in the Netherlands, together with our partners."

"Ceretron" can be flexibly configured to meet the requirements of each mission. It can network a variety of heterogeneous sensors, whether from the extensive HENSOLDT portfolio or from third-party systems. This modularity allows for maximum flexibility to tailor the solution to the capability-related requirements of military users.

With this sensor suite, HENSOLDT ensures information superiority and simultaneously relieves users through the use of decentralized artificial intelligence. This enables effective and highly efficient reconnaissance, target acquisition, and target data transmission across the entire battlefield - military capabilities that are increasingly mission-critical in current conflict scenarios, such as Ukraine. By applying this to both new platforms and existing platforms, information superiority along the entire sensor-to-effector chain can be quickly, minimally, and threat-appropriately realized.

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