Overview
ATDI was selected by the French Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER) to demonstrate real-time electromagnetic surveillance capabilities during ORION 26, a major multinational exercise focused on high-intensity, multidomain warfare.
Challenges Facing Industry:
Contested electromagnetic environments make reliable spectrum awareness increasingly critical to operational effectiveness. Forces must identify signals of interest, distinguish activity across congested spectrum and locate transmitters while maintaining resilient communications. Electronic warfare and spectrum denial further increase the need for timely, accurate information. For multinational forces operating across multiple domains, the challenge is turning distributed sensor data into actionable spectrum intelligence that integrates with command systems and supports faster operational decisions.
Demo Approach
During ORION 26, ATDI deployed ICS Monitoring in a tailored configuration to demonstrate operational electromagnetic surveillance. Using a limited number of distributed broadband receivers and direction finders, the system provided continuous spectrum monitoring, signal detection and tracking, and transmitter localisation using TDOA and AOA radiolocation techniques. The demonstration showed how distributed monitoring assets can create real-time awareness of activity across the electromagnetic environment. Through API integration, spectrum data can also be transferred directly into command systems, enabling monitoring information to contribute to the wider operational picture rather than remaining isolated within a standalone spectrum-monitoring platform.
Solution Outcome
The demonstration showed how distributed monitoring assets can give commanders greater visibility of the electromagnetic environment through a deployable, integrated approach. Real-time detection, tracking, localisation and command-system integration support faster decision-making, helping forces maintain spectrum awareness and protect operational effectiveness as electromagnetic conditions become increasingly complex and contested.
