Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)

C4ISR is a blended market that includes the Command & Control and Military Communications databases and specific Radar, EO/IR, Sonar and related Green Platforms whose primary missions include intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance. It also includes non- platform, non-sensor programs, electronic systems, and other activities supporting the collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence.

This document contains definitions for the market, customer missions, and market subsystem types.

The C4ISR Market includes (in addition to the Command & Control and Military Communications databases):

System integration of complex ISR systems;
Embedded computing capability for sensors;
Airborne, Ship, Satellite and Ground-based platforms whose primary missions include ISR;
Electronic systems assisting collection management, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information;
System integration of complex intelligence support systems;
Human support activities involved in the collection, exploitation, and analysis of intelligence information;
Commercial collection of information of potential intelligence value, such as commercial satellite imagery and open source material;
Intelligence related training.

The C4ISR Market does not include:

Radar or EO/IR systems that are primarily used for non-passive EW and Fire Control missions;
Company-funded research and development;
Government budget for overhead and program management.

C4ISR Customer Function

Acoustics	Electro-mechanical devices generating acoustic frequency decoy signals.
Air and Missile Defense (Vehicle)	This category is for all self-propelled vehicles that carry sensors and weapons (guns or missiles) intended to engage and destroy enemy airborne targets of all types.
Air and Missile Defense C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management associated with air and/or missile defense operations.
Air Search	Air Search radars can be either ship or land based. These radars are used to search large areas in the sky for airborne objects such as aircraft, cruise missiles, rockets, artillery, and precision guided weapons. Air Search Radars provide tracking information on airborne targets to Search/Track/Target or fire control radars.
Air Superiority	Aircraft whose primary design and use is to deny an adversary any access to or operational capability in, the airspace.
Air Traffic Control	Designed for en route and/or terminal air traffic management and control activities.
Amphibious	Vessels, craft, and vehicles designed for transport, delivery and sustainment of troops, vehicles and equipment over the shore into the battlefield.
Anti-Aircraft	Primarily used against aircraft targets.
Anti-Armor	Primarily used against armored and bunker targets.
Anti-Mine	Sonars used to detect and identify sea mines and mine-like underwater threats for the purpose of ensuring access and safe transit of naval forces. Typically high frequency active.
Anti-Mine & Navigation	Sonars used for detection of potential underwater threats, including mines and hazards, for the purpose of own vessel safe navigation. Anti-mine and Navigation systems are often in the same frequency regime and can be dual- purpose.
Anti-Missile	Primarily used against missiles or precision-guided weapons.
Anti-Munition	Primarily used for self-defense against artillery and rocket propelled grenades.
Anti-Personnel	Primarily used against personnel.
Anti-RF	Primarily used against systems emitting RF signals.
Anti-Ship	Primarily used against sea-based targets.
Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)	These vehicles, generally tracked, are primarily intended to transport small numbers of troops (less than 20) under some level of armored protection. APC vehicles may have some water or river crossing capability and therefore be referred to as having an amphibious capability, but they are not intended as “ocean-going” amphibians for use in amphibious assault from ships. They are usually armed and operate in coordination with tanks providing their primary defense. Vehicles originally designed as APCs are often extensively modified for other missions, including light assault, reconnaissance, command and control. Unless we have explicit detailed information on these modified platforms we include them within the APC functional category.
ATC Mil-Radar	Designed for en route and/or terminal air traffic management and control activities with highly developed integrator and transponder features as well as cold radar hits.
ATC-Mil C2	Systems primarily used for the management of air traffic operations and control.
Attack Sub	Typically designated SSN, attack submarines are primarily hunter-killer oriented. Modern attack submarines can attack land targets as well as sea targets.
Ballistic Sub	Typically designated SSBN, ballistic submarines are uniquely designed for the mission of land target strategic strike.
Battle Management C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management associated with tactical battle operations, engagements and systems.
Bomber	A high value strike and attack aircraft typically having strategic range capabilities, crew, engine, endurance, and multiple weapon payload options.
Business Jets (Pax)	A jet business class aircraft configured for passenger service to include seating, lavatories, entertainment systems, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. Business jets can have various ranges and seating capacities, but are typically smaller than regional class aircraft.
Business TP (Pax)	A Turbo prop business class aircraft configured for passenger service to include seating, lavatories, entertainment systems, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. Business turbo props can have various ranges and seating capacities, but are typically smaller than regional class aircraft.
Cargo/Vehicle Screening (Cargo/Veh Screen)	Systems or services primarily used for the non- intrusive inspection of bulk cargo shipments and/or vehicles for presence of dangerous or contraband material. May include specific subsystems providing biological, chemical, explosive, radiological, or nuclear detection.
Carrier	Ocean and sea-going vessels capable of functioning as full service airfields for aircraft designed for such operations.
CECM	Communications Electronic Counter Measures, a mix of systems and operations with offensive character aimed at preventing the opponent from accessing radio resources by introducing noise or other signals and targeting anything from radio, cellular, wireless, SATCOM or even TV. It includes dedicated jamming equipment, antennas, software and systems integration.
CESM	Communications Electronic Support Measures, a mix of systems and techniques aiming at detecting, localizing, analysing, intercepting, storing and processing enemy emissions. Typically a “passive” approach, it includes specialized receiving equipment, software, antennas, storage/replay and analysis as well as systems integration.
Coastal/Patrol	Non-ocean, non-sea going vessels occasionally lightly armed and used for search, rescue and border enforcement.
Collection	Activities which support the intelligence collection process, for example collection management. This also includes programs which actually collect information of potential intelligence value, such as commercial satellite imagery and open source material.
Combat Support C2	Systems primarily used for combat support resource asset management.
Combat Support/Engineering (Vehicle)	These vehicles cover a wide variety of vehicles used for combat vehicle repair and retrieval, mine clearing, construction, medical support or any other vehicles operating in close proximity to fighting vehicles but generally unarmed, or only lightly armed for self-defense. It includes vehicles originally intended for another functional category that have been significantly modified for combat support missions.
Command Post Vehicle	These are vehicles used for command and control. They typically have no offensive weapon systems but instead have advanced radio and communication equipment for commanders and staff to exercise command and coordinate air and artillery support.
Command Ship	A ship equipped to act as a mobile, floating command center for control and co-ordination of local, regional, and/or worldwide operations.
Command/Theater C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management at the Command or Theater level of operations to optimize force management.
Communication	Systems that are designed specifically to provide communication through various media such as voice, data, and CW (Continuous Wave coded transmissions).
Corvette	Small, lightly armed vessel, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft; some recent designs resemble frigates in size and role.
Counter-Battery	Systems designed to detect, track and fix the origin of ballistic ordnance (e.g., rockets, mortars and artillery shells.
Counterterrorism/Law Enforcement (CT/Law Enforcement)	Systems, equipment, or services used to prevent, deter, preempt or respond to terrorism, or which have related law enforcement functions.
Courseware	A program created for classroom training purposes. Most often courseware will be software-based or include software which is accessible via CD, DVD or the internet.
Cruiser	Dreadnoughts upward of 15K tons displacement or designated as a cruiser by the builder and/or user.
Cyber Attack	hardware, software, and services whose primary purpose is to attack and/or exploit civilian and military computer networks and the data they contain.
Cyber Security	hardware, software, and services whose primary purpose is to protect civilian and military computer networks and the data they contain. Cyber Security also includes response to attack/exploitation efforts that are defensive in nature.
Cyber Support	hardware, software and services whose primary purpose is related supporting roles such as maintenance, sustainment, education/training and compliance/governance.
DB Dev. (Intel)	Development of databases intended to assist directly or indirectly intelligence exploitation and analysis as well as collection management.
Decoys	Decoys are systems, devices and technology primarily used to create an alternate target(s) environment (decoy) to deflect attacking system away from their intended target.
Destroyer	Combat ships in the 5K to 15K ton displacement range and designated as a destroyer by the builder and/or user.
Dissemination	Equipment and activities predominantly involved in the dissemination of intelligence.
Early Warning	Primarily used for very long range detection and tracking of airborne or space borne objects.
ESM Receiver	A passive listening system that detects and provides the ability to analyze, record and/or automatically recognize intercepted signals. Electronic Support Measure (ESM) receivers can range from the relatively simple to the highly sophisticated.
EW Suite (EO/IR)	Used to identify electronic warfare countermeasures systems operating in the EO/IR electromagnetic frequency spectrum and employing more than one protective or attacking feature.
EW Suite (Radar)	Used to identify electronic warfare countermeasures systems operating in the radar electro-magnetic frequency spectrum and employing more than one protective or attacking feature.
Exploitation/Analysis	Both equipment and human activities that provide for the processing, exploitation and analysis of collected intelligence. This includes data extraction, trend analysis, information fusion and forecasting.
Fire Control	Primarily used to direct selected weapon(s) to their designated target.
Frigate	Combat and special mission vessels typically smaller than a destroyer but designated as a Frigate by the builder and user.
Ground Support	Aircraft with the primary design, loiter and range to support attacking and/or defending military ground operations.
Ground Surveillance	Land-based radar primarily intended to detect and track ground targets (including humans). Typical uses include force protection, homeland security, border surveillance, or industrial security applications. Capabilities could also include perimeter protection around sensitive areas and/or intrusion alerting.
Gun/Launcher Sight	Primarily used as sights for targeting. These are fairly simple sights and are associated with things like MANPADS, etc
HLS C2	Systems primarily used for the management of Home Land Security resources and assets.
HLS Communications (HLS Comms)	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used for information exchange between HLS system operators and others operating in the environment being controlled by an HLS system.
HLS Intelligence & Information Sharing (HSL Int & Inf Share)	Equipment, systems, or services used to gather HLS-related intelligence and to share that intelligence within the HLS community.
HLS Networks	Wireless and hardwired connection of COTS terminals, radios, sensors, and/or command & control systems so that voice, video or data can be quickly and easily transmitted and/or received by a number of users at different locations for Homeland Security missions.
HLS Services/Support (HLS Service/Sup)	Services primarily providing systems engineering, technical assistance, operations management, maintenance, training, sustainment, or scientific and engineering support of HLS systems or HLS systems operators.
HLS Surveillance & Reconnaissance (HLS Surv & Recon)	Systems or services whose primary mission is to watch and observe known events, places, or conditions of primary interest to HLS organizations (surveillance); or to reconnoiter for suspected events of primary interest to HLS organizations.
ID Verification	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used to establish, document, and verify the identity of humans. Included biometrics collection and credentialing.
IFF/Identification	Active or passive non-radar systems and devices employing communications methods for interrogation, responding and identification.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Light Attack Vehicles	This category covers a broad span of combat vehicles, often wheeled rather than tracked. They are usually lightly armed and carry a small number of troops under arms. This category includes a broad range of vehicle sizes and weights from small “desert rat” type vehicles to 19-ton Stryker-sized vehicles and larger.
Instruction	Training and education services related to the use of simulators and /or training services that are conducted with the use of a simulator.
Intel/Surveillance	Ships equipped to collect information on adversary operations and technology by means of passive interception and analysis of communications and other electronic signals, and/or collection of acoustic intelligence in the undersea domain. May include electronic countermeasures/jamming capability.
ISR C2	Systems which by design are primarily focused on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations and management and, to a lesser extent, management of Air and Missile Defense, Battle Management, strategic, tactical or space operational resources and assets.
ISR Data Link	Used to rapidly transmit a large amount of data and/or video from ISR collection platforms and use higher frequencies and shorter wavelengths to achieve the high data rates required. Examples include the Common Data Link (CDL), Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL), Multi-Platform Common Data Link (MP-CDL) and the Common Data Link-Navy (CDL-N).
Jammer	Primarily active countermeasure systems that operate to defeat attacking systems.
Launch	This category contains launch booster vehicles used to place space systems into orbit or beyond. Launch boosters are generally expendable and do not conduct any continuing part of the space system’s function after launch.
Launcher-Grenade	A system for launching a grenade above 57mm diameter.
Launcher-UAV	Air, land, sea device to hold and launch a UAV MultiRole Combat (aircraft)
Live Training Support	Assistance with live field training exercises. Examples include: preparing the physical training environment; integrating tactical support systems; maintaining necessary conditions in the training environment, tracking and measuring training performance; and providing role players, set design and battlefield effects.
Logistic Support C2	Systems primarily used for the management of logistic support operations and control, not including infrastructure support.
Logistics Support (Vehicle)	This category includes a wide variety of vehicles not primarily intended for direct contact with the enemy. Large trucks of all types are in this category, including fire trucks for use at military airfields. The vehicles in this category are often Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) or COTS-derived. This category includes most of the HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle) and its variants.
Logistics/Support	Naval auxiliary ships which have the capability to support the fleet with liquids, solid stores, and spares while underway and/or alongside.
Maintenance Simulator	Used to train military personnel on the repair and maintenance tasks for a specific platform or system. Example: Stryker maintenance trainer.
Meteorological	Used for the monitoring of weather and atmospheric conditions.
Mine Warfare	Primarily used to lay land and sea-based mines or to neutralize them by sweeping or direct attack.
Missile Launcher	Reusable device used to launch guided missiles and guided rockets
Mission Simulator	Simulates the platform (e.g. aircraft) in the environment in which it typically operates, enabling training in all aspects of a realistic mission scenario. This category also includes part-task trainers used to train warfighters on specific procedures related to an individual task on a platform. Examples: loadmaster trainer, weapons loading trainer.
Multi-function	Systems that perform more than one of the functions in this list (of similar priority).
Multiple RF Functions	This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one RF electronics functional segmentation category, for example, F-35 ICNI where several communications and avionics functions reside in one set of host processors.
Multirole	This category includes any instance where the record involves more than one functional segmentation category.
Multi-Role Combat	Aircraft designed for multi-role military combat missions and for use when the mission or aircraft function is largely decided upon by the sortie weapon payload(s).
Multi-Role Electronic	Any one of several aircraft types especially designed and operating with various C2 and/or ISR payloads, characterized by low quantity, high value, and combat adverse features.
Multi-Role ISR	A platform or system which can accomplish more than one ISR mission, for example collecting imagery as well as signals intelligence.
Multi-Role Strike	A platform or system which is used for multiple roles in addition to its Strike and Combat duties, for example it may also be used for ISR purposes.
Multi-Target	Can be used against multiple target types.
NarrowBody (Cargo)	Narrow body Aircraft configured for cargo service such as pallets, bins, racks and such. Internal configuration is unsuitable for passenger service.
NarrowBody (Pax)	Narrow body Aircraft configured for passenger service to include, seating, lavatories, entertainment systems, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. NarrowBody passenger aircraft are usually long range type aircraft.
Navigation	Primarily used for map-of-the-earth flight control, obstacle avoidance and other point-to-point navigation requirements using selected grid coordinate system.
NBC Nuclear-Biological-Chemical	This category includes vehicles intended for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and High-Yield Explosives related missions. These may include monitoring, cleanup or similar non-Reconnaissance missions that have a payload of NBC-specific equipment that represents a significant portion of the entire platform. The vehicles are typically significantly modified variants within a family of vehicles, but can also be stand-alone vehicles.
Network Infrastructure	Computers, data storage, displays, wired and wireless links, cell-phones and other handheld devices, software applications, encryption and information assurance that provide fixed infrastructure to C2ISR facilities and databases in the home country and within forward operating bases linked by commercial SATCOM and fiber optic cables. This infrastructure is non-tactical in nature. COTS IT serves this segment and encrypted civilian networks provide the links; the encryption at the device level is often the exception to COTS.
Night Vision	Used to enable sight in low-light conditions.
Nuclear/Biological/Chemical Detection (NBC Detection)	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used for detection of nuclear/radiological or biological or chemical threat mechanisms.
Nuclear/Biological/Chemical Response (NBC Response)	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used to respond to nuclear/radiological or biological or chemical threat mechanisms.
Passenger/Baggage Screening (Pass/Bag Screen)	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used for the non-intrusive inspection of people or baggage for the presence of dangerous or contraband material and/or to determine if people are prohibited from passage. May include specific subsystems providing biological, chemical, explosive, radiological, or nuclear detection.
Perimeter Security	Equipment, systems, or services primarily used to prevent prohibited access to areas of interest to HLS-related organizations.
Platform Intercom Systems	Networks internal to the platform that connect devices and their operators inside the platform with each other and with an external network through a network node which is an external communications device.
Platform Simulator	Provides training on the overall operation of aircraft, ships, spacecraft or ground vehicles.
Port Security	Swimmer detection and other military-unique underwater security devices.
Private	Private aircraft refers to the thousands of aircraft and hundreds of models owned by private parties for personal use, be it enjoyment or business. Seating capacity ranges from one to eight and flight ranges are typically less than 1000 miles.
Radar Altimeter	Single-function, active fixed-aperture aircraft system operating in the radar portion of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum, providing information on the aircraft height above ground level (AGL).
Regional (Cargo)	Mid-range jet and/or turbo prop aircraft configured for cargo service such as pallets, bins, racks and such. Internal configuration is unsuitable for passenger service.
Regional Jets (PAX)	Regional aircraft configured for passenger service to include seating, lavatories, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. Regional Jets are usually short to mid- range, under 100 seat type aircraft.
Regional TP (Pax)	Turbo-prop Aircraft configured for passenger service to include, seating, lavatories, entertainment systems, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. Usually mid-range type aircraft.
SatComm/Bandwidth	This segment identifies commercial satellite communications bandwidth that governments lease to augment their military SATCOM systems or as an alternative to them. The commercial SATCOM payloads are not part of the MILCOM forecast, but COTS terminal procurement is in SatComm Terminals and ID/IQ contract vehicles in Network Infrastructure.
SatComm/Payload	This segment identifies Communications systems that are on board Military Communications satellites. Telecommunications as such is not a part of the Military Communications Market Database, and military satellites are covered in the Spacecraft Market. Examples of military Satellite Communications Payloads would be the satellite communications portions of MILSTAR/(AEHF) Advanced EHF, (WGS) Wideband Global System and (MUOS) Mobile User Objective System. If military communications payloads do come to be hosted on commercial satellites, they would appear here. Collocation issues now make that unlikely.
SatComm/Terminals	Satellite Communications Terminals are somewhat like Tactical Terminals in terms of supporting host platforms. SATCOM Terminals are generally hosted on platforms and ground facilities although there are manportable MILSTAR/AEHF terminals. They have modems and function as transceivers for the host’s satellite communications networks. They are the counterpart to Satellite Communications Payloads. Satellite Payloads and the Terminals are frequently referred to as SATCOM networks.
Sealift	Non-combatant vessels used for the transportation of military cargo to areas of operation. Typically commercial cargo and Roll-On/-Roll-Off ships taken up from trade and requiring secure port facilities for loading and off-loading. Also vessels that act as floating warehouses and can transfer cargo to amphibious warfare ships while at sea for onward delivery into the battlefield.
Search/Track/Target	Primarily used to specifically sort out object(s) of interest and to determine their geospatial parameters.
Self-Propelled Artillery (SPA)	These vehicles carry major weapon systems capable of engaging the enemy with indirect fires. The category includes both conventional tubed artillery and multiple-tubed rocket launchers. Towed artillery is explicitly excluded from this category.
Sensor Simulator	Generates simulated sensor data for display and analysis.
Services/Support	Services primarily providing systems engineering, technical assistance, operations management, maintenance, training, sustainment, or scientific and engineering support.
Simulator Support	Activities related to maintaining, repairing, and upgrading a simulator to ensure concurrency between the simulator and its related operational platform. This could include modification or hardware and / or software.
Situational Awareness	sensor system that allows the user to observe the meaningful surroundings to a level that enables him to assess threats and nature of activities “near” him. Generally the zone ranges from very near to the maximum range where meaningful threats are likely to exist. Nature of the observed zone depends on the platform and threats.
Situational Awareness Data Link	Used primarily to distribute battlefield information updates among various platforms and users. Situational awareness data links typically operate at lower frequencies and longer wavelengths with lower throughput rates and transmit short message sets. Examples include Link 11, Link 16, JTIDS and MIDS.
Software (Intel)	Software designed or utilized to assist the intelligence process, whether for tasking, collection management, exploitation, analysis, or dissemination.
Space C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management associated with space operations and systems.
Space Frontiers	Space Systems with a primary purpose of expanding mankind’s knowledge of the extended universe.
Space Transport	Space Systems with a primary purpose of moving passengers, cargo, robots, equipment, supplies or anything else up to or within space environments.
Strategic C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management associated with strategic operations and forces.
Strategic Comm	Special military communications programs, systems & products primarily intended for and used in Strategic Command and Control missions and operations. Equipment could be point to point or broadcast, use a variety of frequencies and may use satellite or other means of message distribution. Strategic Communication usually has high security and credential features. Strategic Communication here refers to the nature of the communications as opposed to the distance or range of communications. It typically, however, must have a long distance communications capability which may then require relay nodes, links or other special features.
Supply Chain Security (S’ply Chain Security)	Equipment, systems or services whose primary purpose to enhance the security of cargo as it flows from its point of origination to its destination. Note that the cargo inspection and worker identification components of supply chain security are included in the “Cargo & Vehicle Screening” and the “ID Verification” functional segments respectively.
Surface Search	These are ship or land based radars that scan the surface of the land or sea. In the sea application the radar searches for multiple objects such as ships, small boats, periscopes, coastal and land based objects. In the land based application the radar is searching for vehicles, personnel, and fixed land based objects. The land based radars are also frequently used for coastal maritime surveillance.
Surveillance/Reconnaissance	Primarily used to observe, reconnoiter and possibly identify specific objects within areas of interest.
Survey/Oceanography	Vessels that are used to map the ocean floor and perform acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys to provide data that aids our understanding of oceans and the undersea domain.
Systems Management (Sys Management)	Programs primarily providing major HLS systems integration and program management.
Tactical Networks	Tactical Networks represent an extension of tactical terminals that would include larger and different platforms types or ground facility nodes. Tactical Networks provide for the connection of a number of terminals, radios, sensors, and/or command & control systems so that voice, video or data can be quickly and easily transmitted and/or received by a number of users at different locations. Networks can be wireless, hard-wired or a combination of both. Networks can also be Internet in nature and provide a number of subscriber services. Protocols, signals, security, assurance and software compliances across the various nodes are integral parts of Tactical Networks as well as the actual Transmission and Receiver hardware. Their operational ranges are tactical in nature.
Tactical Radios and Terminals	Tactical Radios used to cover the majority of two way tactical communications systems, products and devices intended solely for voice communications. The current generations of these radios now have internal modems and are fully compatible with digital data communications. Even the older versions function as terminals in conjunction with external modems and network management. Tactical Terminals are communication systems, products and devices that can be handheld, hosted by specific platforms or in ground facilities, which then, in turn, have some internal communications distribution system for voice, video and/or data streamed in on tactical terminals.
Tactical/Attack	Sonar systems used to detect, track and engage submarines and surface ships. This category includes the majority of sonars installed on ships or submarines and includes Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) technology.
Tank	This category includes heavy, medium and light tanks, and tracked “tank-killers”. These vehicles mount a high caliber turreted gun capable of engaging other tanks.
Tanker	Aircraft equipped to carry and execute in-flight re-fueling for other aircraft in order to extend their operational range and endurance.
Target	Unmanned aerial device which emulates aircraft and/or missile threats. Targets are used to assess the performance of land, sea, or air based air defense weapon/sensor systems, or in the training of land, sea, or air based air defense forces.
Torpedo Tube	a tube used to launch self-contained, self-sustaining, underwater weapons that have range, azimuth and elevation vectoring, maneuvering and target seeking/discrimination means, along with a warhead and fuzing.
Trainer	Equipment used in military exercises and as flight trainers/simulators.
Translation Svc	Translation and interpreter services which can assist in the intelligence collection or exploitation & analysis effort.
Transport	Aircraft primarily used to transport personnel and cargo.
Utility	This category is typically used for helicopters. It includes flights for inspections, observation, emergency and industrial purposes.
VTS/Coastal Surv Radar	Land-based radar used for Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and/or for coastal/off-shore surveillance.
Warning Receiver	Primarily passive countermeasures systems that provide warning signals related to attacking systems.
Weapon Simulator	Used to simulate a weapons system or train operators on the weapons systems of a specific platform. Example: MILES SLM (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation Shoulder Launched Munitions), Stryker mobile gun system trainer.
WideBody (Cargo)	Wide body Aircraft configured for cargo service; pallets, bins, racks and such, unsuitable for passenger service. WideBody (Cargo) aircraft are usually long-range type aircraft.
WideBody (Pax)	Wide body Aircraft configured for passenger service to include, seating, lavatories, entertainment systems, pressurized cabins, oxygen, health monitoring systems and other such systems for passenger safety and comfort. WideBody passenger aircraft are usually long-range type aircraft.
Multiple	This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one functional segmentation category.
Other	This category is used when the record cannot be explicitly described by another functional segmentation category.
Research & Technology	Broad based and general technology.
Unidentified R&D	A modeled estimate of R&D Sales not yet identified.

C4ISR Subsystems

Blended Market Subsystems