Legacy Sensor Integration | CBRN reconnaissance
- Partner
Bundeswehr
- Environment
Perimeter · Germany
- LAbel
Field use, Ukraine — ongoing
- Year
Field use, Ukraine — ongoing
The Challenge
CBRN reconnaissance still runs on stand-alone instruments. The Bundeswehr fields proven radiological (A) and chemical (C) detectors, but they don't talk to each other — or to the battle management system above them. Readings are taken off the device by hand, converted manually, and passed back by voice or on paper. That chain takes hours, and it adds transcription and conversion errors at every hop.
The capability is already fielded. It's just analog and disconnected.
Our Approach
We digitize the CBRN reporting chain end to end — connecting the sensors already in service instead of replacing them.
An edge integration device ties fielded detectors in at the hardware edge and links the dismounted soldier's man-worn EUD to the central Hydris instance running with the commander in the command vehicle. Hydris on Android shows live readings and generates NATO-standard CBRN reports at the point of detection.. Hydris on Windows speaks to fielded CBRN and BMS applications, feeding the common operating picture.
The Result
Measurement-to-report time fell from hours to minutes; conversion and transcription errors went to zero. Soldiers now run plausibility checks on their readings in the field — not an hour later at the command post.
- Q-Box
Running Hydris v0.9 — sensor fusion and rule execution at the edge.
- Q-Seismic × 8
Ground vibration sensors covering the perimeter boundary.
It's proof that faster, better CBRN reconnaissance doesn't mean discarding capability that already works. It means connecting it. Pragmatic integration products, paired with a clear grasp of the CONOPS, deliver operationally usable results — fast, and at low cost.
- Body-worn node — Hydris on the dismounted operator's EUD
- Command node — Hydris on the command-post laptop
- One networked picture — every node is a peer, not a terminal to a central server
