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Rapid ThunderBringing Intelligence Sharing To The Tactical Edge

Designed to address thewarfighter’s urgent needs andcapability gaps, Raytheon’s RapidThunder delivers advancedIntelligence, Surveillance andReconnaissance capabilitiessuperior to anything in operationtoday. Supporting the NationalReconnaissance Office’s “LastTactical Mile” initiative, RapidThunder empowers everywarfighter to act as a sensor tocollect, share and disseminateinformation in near-real-time. Thesystem delivers a suite of scalable,component-based applicationsand services for intel collection,exploitation, reporting andcollaboration.

Leap-Ahead TechnologiesRapid Thunder is a leap-aheadtechnology that can interface inboth a cloud computingenvironment and in a stand-aloneor low bandwidth area. Withoutrequiring any specializedhardware, Rapid Thundercapabilities can be hosted on

virtual machines and deliveredentirely as a software baseline.

Included in Rapid Thunder’s 39applications is the ability to trackrelationships by location and time,as well as stream video anddistribute imagery. Wiki-basedshared-knowledge and linkanalyses help expedite entityassociations and are all part ofRapid Thunder’s humanintelligence analysis capability.

Connecting Forward-DeployedUnitsRapid Thunder puts intelligence-sharing into the hands of thosewho need it most. Modular anddeployable, Rapid Thunder wascreated with brigade combatteams in mind, but is scalable foruse at higher levels. The flow-down from the top and bubble-upfrom the bottom create cycles ofknowledge discovery andinformation production.

The system offers much-neededconnectivity to forward-operating

bases and mobile forces. With theRaytheon Advanced TacticalSystem (RATS™) mobile handhelddevices and small footprintcomputers (laptops, tablets,palmtops) using THUNDR™(Tactical Hand-off Using NearestDCGS Resource) software, thesedevices use low bandwidth radiosand are compatible with an entirerange of cell phone, WIMax, andWIFI capabilities to giveoperational units viablecommunication transport options.

Reliable and Ready NowRapid Thunder allows U.S. forcesto bring an entire suite of game-changing, state-of-the-artcapabilities to theater. The systemis functional on any networkwithin the Department of Defensesecurity restrictions, and usescommercial-off-the-shelf andlegacy components without thelegacy system. Rapid Thunder isready now to meet the operationalneeds of warfighters andintelligence experts.

Benefits

n Deployable to multipleechelons and security domainsas software virtual machinesor as self-contained serversand laptops

n Unprecedented access inlimited communicationsenvironments for operationsat the edge

n Leap-ahead technologies,applications and services forimagery and video capture,exploitation and multi-INTproduct creation

n Ready for immediatedeployment

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