Over-the-horizon Airborne Sensor Information System

The Over-the-horizon Airborne Sensor Information System (OASIS) is an organic

Organic computing

Organic computing is a form of biologically-inspired computing with organic properties. It has emerged recently as a challenging vision for future information processing systems...

over the horizon sensor targeting

Targeting (warfare)

Targeting is the process used to select objects or installations to be attacked, taken, or destroyed in warfare.Technologically advanced countries can generally select their targets in such a way as to minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties. This can fall by the wayside, however, during...

and surveillance

Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...

system originally produced by Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...

and now by Raytheon

Raytheon

Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...

.

It is coupled with link 16

Link 16

Link 16 is a military tactical data exchange network created and used by the United States and adopted by some of its Allies and by NATO. Its specification is part of the family of Tactical Data Links....

, electro-optics

Electro-optics

Electro-optics is a branch of technology involving components, devices and systems which operate by modification of the optical properties of a material by an electric field...

/infrared

Infrared

Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...

, radar

Radar

Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...

, GPS, Tactical Data Information Exchange System TADIX-B and Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange System (OTCIXS

OTCIXS

Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange System is used by the Global Command and Control System - Maritime as a means of transmitting tactical information on targets and non-targets for the purpose of creating situational awareness for tactical commanders in the field...

) information to provide a coherent tactical picture for the user. OASIS III is a hybrid of OASIS and processes and correlates all data provided via Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminal (MATT) and Mini-Demand Assigned Multiple Access

Demand Assigned Multiple Access

Demand Assigned Multiple Access is a technology used to assign a channel to clients that don't need to use it constantly. DAMA systems assign communication channels based on requests issued from user terminals to a network control system...

(DAMA). The OASIS III tactical data processor provides an (OTCIXS

OTCIXS

) message link, coupled with GPS-aided targeting using the AN/APS-137B(V)5 Radar.

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