SG2 Shareable (Fire Control) Software Suite (S4)
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The NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG) Land Group 4 (now Land Group 3) and their Sub Group 2 on Surface to Surface Ballistics has created a widely used set of shareable fire control software using the Ada
programming language. This product is known as the SG2 Shareable (Fire Control) Software Suite (S4) and is sometimes abbreviated as S4 when referenced.
Fire-control system
developers and most of the international (primarily NATO) ballistics communities are familiar with the mature NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel (NABK) and other software component items that have emerged from the NABK development effort. The collection of these software items has been enhanced into the “suite” of NATO shareable fire control software.
Significant development effort occurs in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA in the Firing Tables and Balistics Division, Armaments Research with contributions from a variety of agencies within participating NATO nations.
including STANAG 4355
and STANAG 6022
.
A number of papers and presentations have been published, such as a formal description of the early history of the suite and a later presentation in the International Symposium of Ballistics (ISB) forum sponsored by the International Ballistics Society (IBS).
http://www.hsu-hh.de/mit/index_tQ8Jt6q7o77XYTKW.html (S4 testing research and related contributions by Germany)
http://www.hsu-hh.de/mit/index_6ErpEIxUgVmppHGV.html (Crest Clearance algorithm contributions by Germany)
http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/225/225ENG/naaghome.htm (Sponsoring Agency Home Page)
Ada (programming language)
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages...
programming language. This product is known as the SG2 Shareable (Fire Control) Software Suite (S4) and is sometimes abbreviated as S4 when referenced.
Fire-control system
Fire-control system
A fire-control system is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director, and radar, which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target. It performs the same task as a human gunner firing a weapon, but attempts to do so faster and more...
developers and most of the international (primarily NATO) ballistics communities are familiar with the mature NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel (NABK) and other software component items that have emerged from the NABK development effort. The collection of these software items has been enhanced into the “suite” of NATO shareable fire control software.
Significant development effort occurs in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA in the Firing Tables and Balistics Division, Armaments Research with contributions from a variety of agencies within participating NATO nations.
NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAGS) and Supporting Research
The S4 implements a variety of NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAGs)STANAG
STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardization Agreement, which sets up processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own...
including STANAG 4355
STANAG 4355
STANAG 4355 - The Modified Point Mass and Five Degrees of Freedom Trajectory Model is a NATO Standardization Agreement for surface to surface exterior ballistic modelling in support of Artillery, mortar and rocket systems....
and STANAG 6022
STANAG 6022
STANAG 6022 - Adoption of a Standard Gridded Data Meteorological Message is a NATO Standardization Agreement for gridded meteorologicaldata for operational use in Artillery fire control systems, NBC...
.
A number of papers and presentations have been published, such as a formal description of the early history of the suite and a later presentation in the International Symposium of Ballistics (ISB) forum sponsored by the International Ballistics Society (IBS).
http://www.hsu-hh.de/mit/index_tQ8Jt6q7o77XYTKW.html (S4 testing research and related contributions by Germany)
http://www.hsu-hh.de/mit/index_6ErpEIxUgVmppHGV.html (Crest Clearance algorithm contributions by Germany)
Integrating Weapon Systems
Specific examples include:Canada
- http://www.lsec.dnd.ca/prj-dlcspm2_firepower_e.htm Indirect Fire Control Software Suite (IFCSS)
France
- http://www.nexter-group.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110%3Alu-211-&catid=50%3Amunitions-dartillerie&Itemid=93&lang=en LU 211 Ammunition
Norway
- http://www.kongsberg.com/en/KDS/Products/~/media/KDS/Files/Products/Army%20C2IS/combatt%20c2is%20for%20web.ashx ComBatt AFSS
Turkey
- http://www2.ssm.gov.tr/katalog2007/data/038/urun%20ing/ASELSAN%20ingilizce/FIRTINA/1.htm Firtina
- http://www2.ssm.gov.tr/katalog2007/data/038/urun%20ing/ASELSAN%20ingilizce/HAIKS/1.htm HAIKS Mortar Fire Control System
United Kingdom
- http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-C4I-Systems/Fire-Control-Application-FCA-United-Kingdom.html FCA
- http://nigelef.tripod.com/fc_computer.htm#NEW_GENERATION FCBISA
Other Information
http://www.aop-37.org (S4 home page)http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/225/225ENG/naaghome.htm (Sponsoring Agency Home Page)