Tactical information aggregation

Aggregation of Battle Space Objects (BSO) results in their assignment to units of higher echelons - i.e., tanks are assigned to platoons, platoons to companies, and companies to battalions. Aggregation can lead to information enrichment. Let us assume that armoured platoons consist of three battle tanks each. If two tanks have been detected and can be assigned to the same platoon, then a further tank, which has not been detected yet, is to be expected within the same area. We can tentatively derive the information that the tank is present. Aggregation and enrichment are essential tasks for achieving situational awareness. We will describe a rule-based approach to the automatic aggregation of tactical information. As a proof of concept, the approach has been implemented within a Command & Control Information System (C2IS) demonstrator.