{"id":26989,"date":"2018-03-27T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/27\/raytheons-new-patriot-missile-operating-software-is-more-first-person-shooter-less-pong\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:03:02","slug":"raytheons-new-patriot-missile-operating-software-is-more-first-person-shooter-less-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/show-reporter\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/27\/raytheons-new-patriot-missile-operating-software-is-more-first-person-shooter-less-pong\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon\u2019s new Patriot missile software is more first-person shooter, less \u2018Pong\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9999\" data-id=\"9999\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat2.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Raytheon&#8217;s new Patriot missile battalion command and control system has a smaller physical footprint, and a full-color, 3-D operating software. (Meghann  Myers\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10007\" data-id=\"10007\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat.jpg.jpg 900w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat.jpg.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newpat.jpg.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Raytheon&#8217;s new Patriot missile battalion command and control system has a smaller physical footprint, and a full-color, 3-D operating software. (Meghann  Myers\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. \u2014<b> <\/b>Air and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/01\/army-missile-defense-soldiers-must-learn-more-than-just-their-weapons-system\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">missile defense<\/a> is one of the U.S. Army\u2019s six modernization priorities, per the mandate of the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/24\/army-futures-command-taking-charge-of-conjuring-up-new-capability\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army Futures Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot missile will figure into that modernization, of course, so its creator is working to update both the hardware and software that goes along with it. That includes not only a streamlined command-and-control center, senior manager Bob Kelley told Army Times on Monday, but a re-imagined visual control system with its first new look in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo be perfectly honest, if I had the right comms hooked to the back of this, I could control a Patriot unit in the Pacific from right here,\u201d the retired colonel, a former Patriot battalion commander, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has purchased five of the new battalion-level command-and-control hardware systems, Kelley said, which look like five stackable tough boxes and can be loaded into one vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current system, on the other hand, comes with a lot of infrastructure \u2014 a huge transport truck, towing a generator, with a motorcade of personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo really deploy that truck-mounted capability, that unit\u2019s about 128 people, 34-40 vehicles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new system would require 10 people, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To go along with this smaller footprint is a new software interface that takes the small, white geometric shapes of the old command-and-control system and converts them to a three-dimensional map with color-coded symbols and customizable information displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is almost the same look and feel as the first Patriot system that we rolled out to the Army in 1982,\u201d Kelley said of the version the Army is running on now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the slick interface, the new system puts a summary of key information \u2014 like heading, speed, altitude \u2014 at the bottom of the screen, along with bookmarked displays of more detailed information, which in the current system have to be searched for each time a soldier wants to access them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe built this through a series of workshops with current Patriot operators,\u201d Kelley said, adding that there was excitement about the possibility of a new, more intuitive system.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will also be easier to train on, and perhaps, increase the \u201cattractability\u201d of Patriot operation as a job, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/07\/12\/the-army-s-hottest-jobs-how-to-get-into-the-mos-you-want-and-make-the-big-bucks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/arm-hot-jobs-cover-photo-07.17.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Army&#8217;s hottest jobs: How to get into the MOS you want and make the big bucks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army has been working hard to hire and retain across the force all year, in a grand effort to bring the active and reserve components back to over a million strong. 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