COS-Systems

Great as the power of mechanism is known to be, yet we venture to say that many of the most intelligent of our readers will scarcely admit it to be possible that astronomical and navigation tables can be accurately computed by machinery; that the machine itself correct the errors which it may commit; and that the results of its calculations, when absolutely free from error, can be printed off, without the help of human hands, or the operation of human intelligence. All this however, Mr. Babbage's machine can do ...
(David Brewster: Letters On Natural Magic, London, 1868, p341)

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Difference Engine No. I
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Completed ca. 1833
Frontispiece from: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

QUOTATION
"On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

Industry Segments: NATO and European Defense

References / Projects

COS-Systems has extensive experience with the design, implementation and program management of military command and control (C2) Systems, as well as with architectural evaluation and guidance in the areas of COTS integration, interoperability and transformation. Special focus is on concept and requirements engineering in the early phases of a project in order to enable smooth integration into the multi-national legacy system environment.

CENTRE FOR TRANSFORMATION / GERMAN AIR FORCE OFFICE,
AIR ARMAMENT DIRECTORATE

COS-Systems received a contract for the detailed system analysis of a "Stratospheric Sensor Data Relais Platform" (SSRP).

CENTRE FOR TRANSFORMATION / GERMAN AIR FORCE OFFICE,
AIR ARMAMENT DIRECTORATE

COS-Systems provided a comprehensive analysis and specification for future UAS.based on LTA Technology In cooperation with experts fom academia, COS-Systems derived first level requirements for a Multi Mission / Multi Sensor Platform in a Joint Environment. COS-Systems successfully conducted a sensitivity analysis based on reference parameters related to mission scenarios and military sensor concepts ( from concepts to capabilities).

AIR COMMAND SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (ACSI), ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS), Paris (FR)
NATO ACCS ALTBMD Enhancement, Requirements Engineering

Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC), Kalkar (GE)

Study: Analysis of Air-C2 Reachback requirements for the NATO Response Force (NRF).

Organisation-wide project management support.

Siemens Business Services (SBS), Bonn (GE)
Ministry of Defence / IT-Amt, Koblenz (GE)

Study: Integration of NATO ICC/NIRIS with FüInfoSysSK (Architecture, message flows, NIRIS/RAP interface)

Führungsinformationssystem Streitkräfte (FüInfoSysSK), Siemens Business Services (SBS), Bonn (GE)

Implementation of the command and control (C2) foundation (NATO compliant NCDM V4 database, ATCCIS compliant replication mechanism, formatted messages (ADatP3) processing) for the German Armed Forces Joint C2 system.

AIR COMMAND SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (ACSI), ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS), Paris (FR)
NATO Missile Defence Studies

Participation in both NATO Active Layered Ballistic Missile Defence Feasibility Studies and the NACMA extension studies for development of the operational concept, functional requirements and architectural optimisation for NATO missile defence C2BMC / BMC3I.