Primordial

Real Time Route Planning

Customer: United States Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)

Dates: 2007 to 2010

Funding: $838,710.50

Description: Primordial teamed with Magellan and Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation (CMDC) to develop a low-cost real-time route planning system for tactical and logistical vehicles.  Under this contract, Primordial updated Ground Guidance to support on-road routing, alternate routing, preferential routing along main supply routes (MSRs) and alternate supply routes (ASRs), automatic rerouting, and single-click routing to established rally points.  Primordial developed a transition plan targeting fielded blue force tracking (BFT) systems such as the Movement Tracking System (MTS) and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2).  Under a follow-on Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP) contract, Primordial integrated Ground Guidance with MTS 5.16.