Customer: Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA)

Programme: GHOM

Supply Chain: DGA > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for Architectural analysis and definition of the Geophysical Environment Information System GEODE 4D are as follows:

• Architectural analysis and system definition
• Functional specification,
• Committing financial proposition,
• Realisation of mock ups and prototypes.

The features are as follows:

• Facilitates access to relevant data
• Insures its job consistency
• Elaborates and spreads the Recognized Environmental Picture (NATO concept)
• Mutualizes the environmental data exploitation, for the whole material and human army means
• Allows to reduce costs, delays and risks for the different programs exploiting these data
• Allows to improve interoperability and exchanges of geophysical environment related information between Defence systems and provide expertize tools and decision-making helping services.

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

• GEODE 4D is a project to set up a geophysical cross forces information system.

The processes for carrying out the project are:

• Software V-Model

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

• Modular and generic architecture design;
• Information Systems technological experience, including each environment-dedicated domain;
• Use of tools and software worldwide known for their efficiency;
• Use of Open-Source components to reduce both ownership and exploitation costs (licences,…).

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain	Technology(ies)
Operating System(s)	Windows seven , xp , Linux debian
Programming language(s)	java, python, javascript
Production software (IDE, DEVOPS etc.)	IBM SA, DOORS, Office 2003
Main COTS library(ies)	GIS framework (map server, global mapper qgis, thredds), ESRI