SeeByte has launched the Area Breakdown Tool (ABT), which is designed to increase the efficiency of unmanned maritime systems (UMS) operators as they plan complex Mine Countermeasure (MCM) missions.

ABT has been designed to help operators divide large Operational Areas into smaller sections that can then be assigned to unmanned systems. These areas can be customized for the platform type, the duration of the mission, or the number of vehicles in the squad. 

​The result is that ABT helps the operator efficiently prepare a “set of sortie plans,” and quickly evaluate alternatives for a complex mission involving multiple unmanned maritime vehicles.

“Our SeeTrack software allows operators to plan, execute and assess an MCM mission in a fraction of the time,” says Alastair Cormack, Technical Client Manager. “The Area Breakdown Tool can optimize this process even further.”

The operating platform for the ABT, SeeByte’s SeeTrack v4, gives users the ability to create Operational Areas, such as Q-routes and Polygons, potentially covering a large expanse of ocean, for mission planning of unmanned systems.

Through common formats such as Additional Military Layers (AML), SeeTrack also supports the import of Q-routes and Operational Areas.

SeeByte’s Neptune provides a goal based mission planning and real-time autonomy engine. The company says that it can “automatically optimize the output from ABT to minimize the sortie duration and maximize tasking across the entire squad.”