MOSCOW, Dec 1 - RIA Novosti. Several formations capable of conducting large-scale network-centric operations have been created in the Russian Armed Forces, informed sources told RIA Novosti.
The network-centric principle assumes that all participants in a combat operation are part of the same data transmission network, as a result, information and communication superiority over the enemy is achieved.
Another source added that "ESU TK terminals installed on weapons, military and special equipment allow connections to conduct network-centric operations, exchanging data between combat units in a time mode close to real time." He clarified that "recently, the Vistula (3rd Motorized Rifle - ed.) Division was equipped with a set of ESU TK."
The agency's interlocutors said that the terminals of the ESU TK are currently being installed on T-14 Armata and T-90M Breakthrough tanks, Msta-S self-propelled artillery installations, Tosochka flamethrower systems, Tornado multiple launch rocket systems, Orlan unmanned aerial vehicles, various communication vehicles and mobile command posts, Tor and Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems.
"As part of the operation of the system, it is planned to retrofit samples of equipment with ESU TK terminals as part of work on their modernization," the sources added.
Earlier, the press service of the Western Military District reported that the Vistula Division adopted the ESU TK, without specifying the number of funds delivered.
The ESU TK, developed by the Constellation concern, which is part of Roselectronics, is a unified control system within which combat units can exchange data in real time or in a time mode close to real time. The system creates a single network, the information of which can be used by the crew of any combat vehicle or unit at the expense of a special terminal.
The command through the ESU TK receives maximum information both about the battlefield as a whole and about the state of individual units. In particular, it is possible to display on the screens of the system terminals both general electronic terrain plans, where their troops and the enemy's reconnoitered combat units will be displayed in dynamics, and an image from the sight of a specific howitzer that will be in the field tens of kilometers from the command post, or a video image from a drone. The ESU TK system is also called the "military Internet".