Elbit Systems’ CaeSAR (Combat Advanced Enhanced Search and Rescue) avionics suite represents a new and innovative approach to combat search and rescue missions.
The suite enhances helicopter capabilities by offering enhanced safety for day and night flight, day and night head-out flight, greater mission efficiency, improved crew coordination, reduced workload, real-time mission management, pre-flight and inflight mission planning and editing, threat avoidance; obstacle awareness, enhanced situational awareness and enhanced survivability.
Comprised of the following integrated subsystems, CaeSAR provides the crew with vital relevant information throughout the course of the mission:
• HDTS (ANVIS/HUD™ with LOS) – pilot and co-pilot day/night helmet display system for head-out flight, including head tracker capability for improved crew coordination and mission efficiency.
• Digital Map – advanced, digital 2D and 3D moving map with mission management and flight editing, designed to provide an accurate, real-time tactical picture for enhanced situational awareness.
• DCoMPASS™ – day CCD and night FLIR EO payload for reconnaissance and observation.
• PLS – personnel locator system to locate survivors and direct the helicopter crew to their location.
Elbit Systems’ CaeSAR suite has been successfully implemented on helicopters in Asia and Europe, and has accumulated thousands of flight hours.
Major Advantages
- Enhanced safety for day & night ”ight
- Head-out operation
- Enhanced mission efficiency day & night tactical flight
- Improved crew coordination
- Operation during adverse weather
- Fast response
- Real-time mission management
- Pre-flight and in-flight mission planning and editing
- Post flight accurate mission debriefing
- Enhanced survivability
- Integrated EW suite
- Threat avoidance
- Obstacle awareness, enhanced situation awareness
System Description
- CaeSAR comprises Elbit Systems’ most advanced subsystems
- ANVIS/HUD 24 – Pilot and Co-Pilot
- Day/Night Helmet Display System, for head out flight. Improves flight safety
- HeliC3om – Digital Map and Mission
- Management C4I System. Improves navigation
- CoMPASS – Day/CCD and night/FLIR
- Electro-Optic Payload for reconnaissance and observation
- DVR – Digital Video Recorder & mission
- data loader for loading pre planned mission, recording flight data, and post flight download
- mission data
- PLS – Pilot Locator System
- NVG/non NVG Search Light
- Data Link & C4I capabilities
- Mission Planning & Debriefing Ground Station
- EW suite
- Head Tracker – Helmet Pointing System Improves crew coordination and mission efficiency
