Prototyping

Design

Ravenswood’s development team executes the design and prototyping of new products. The initial prototype is developed with customer identified requirements, and follows all required standards.

Testing & Validation

Ravenswood’s Testing and Validation process is a structured, methodical approach that ensures the prototype undergoes rigorous testing, including unit, integration, and regression testing ensuring that the prototype meets all performance criteria, safety standards, and interoperability requirements.

Standards

Ravenswood follows MOSA principles to support maximum interoperability and minimize life cycle support cost. We also follow the same quality process for prototyping and full product development to ensure due diligence in capturing customer/market requirements and, to develop prototypes which meet requirements.

Ravenswood Prototypes

Navigation & Orientation through Reckoning & Analysis (NORA)

Ravenswood has applied lessons learned from military experience to create dual-use technologies for defense and public safety. Navigation & Orientation through Reckoning & Analysis (NORA) is a mature prototype which integrates COTS camera and IMU with custom software, that enables sub-1-meter tracking without GPS. Through enhanced situational awareness during emergencies, decision-makers can maximize the time available to make critical decisions.

Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Direct Fire Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS)

Synthetic Training Environment- Live Training Systems (STE-LTS) is part of the Synthetic Training Environment. Synthetic Training Environment- Live Training Systems (STE-LTS) is part of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Agile Acquisition Response (STAAR) Team, as the lead program management team for STE-LTS prototyping efforts and this Other Transactional (OT) contract effort, plans to enhance the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Direct Fire Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS) for LTS to reduce the existing instrumentation, and the reliance on lasers, while also improving the operational realism of Force-on-Force (FoF) training.

The Ground Combat Vehicle Direct Fire TESS will be a single non-laser technology enabling GCVs to realistically replicate US weapon systems and realistically replicate OPFOR weapon effects without negative training. The Bradley M2/M3 25mm Cannon will be used for prototype evaluation under this effort.

Known Distance Automated Scoring (KDAS) System

Ravenswood is establishing fundamental data points that can be used to quantitatively assess a Marine’s lethality, much like the current annual rifle qualification. This initiative provides the necessary quantitative data to meet the baseline requirements of the Marine Corps Marksmanship Campaign Plan. By standardizing these metrics, we ensure that Marines can be evaluated against their peers in a clear, data-driven manner, leading to a measurable improvement in marksmanship and combat readiness.

Modular Augmented Reality Tracking Equipment for Observers (MARTE-O)

Ravenswood is pioneering an Augmented Reality (AR) capability to transition observers from classroom Virtual Reality (VR) simulators to personnel-worn AR devices that are hardened and designed for repeated field-use.

AR breaks the live-synthetic barrier within the observer’s field of view, displaying synthetic aircraft, OPFOR, friendly forces, and weapons effects against a video-see-thru backdrop of the real world.

MARTE-O Benefits include:

Observers exponentially increase proficiency with each evolution (sets & reps) in much more realistic battlefield conditions than can be achieved in a VR classroom.
Troops can practice regularly, reducing training cost and time to provide more trained personnel.
Improves/refreshes skills and experience in any venue or training situation.
Can be used stand-alone or interoperable with other LVC systems.
Data collected can be analyzed for trends and training improvements (proficiency progression).