The centre of gravity in modern UAV operations is the C2 stack. Without it, you have flying cameras and disconnected systems. With it, you have a capability that sees, decides and acts at speed—with governance.
Core Layers of a Real C2 Platform
- Ingest & Normalise: Schema-consistent data from sensors, UAVs and effectors.
- Fusion: Track association, confidence scoring, de-duplication.
- Policy Engine: Encode ROE, safety boundaries and shot doctrine.
- Orchestration: Assign missions and effectors; manage conflicts and priorities.
- Fleet Ops: Health monitoring, updates, logs, role-based access.
- Audit & Compliance:** Immutable logs, explainability, reporting.
Interoperability & Open APIs
Demand published schemas, SDKs and event buses. Ban black-box integrations. Coalition operations and enterprise IT both require open, testable interfaces.
Resilience & Cyber
Zero-trust networking, strong identity, encrypted links and fail-operational behaviours. Assume partial outages; design for graceful degradation.
Strategic Takeaway
C2 is where value concentrates. If your platform can’t fuse, govern and orchestrate, it isn’t a platform—it’s a demo. Buy the stack, not a screen.
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