Fire Control System Software for Remotely Controlled Weapon Stations: History, State of the Art and Opportunities for Future Development

Abstract

This paper presents the evolution of fire control system software for the ZSMU (Remote Controlled Weapon Stations) developed and manufactured by Zakłady Mechaniczne “Tarnów” S.A. (Poland). The paper describes the architecture, scope and purpose of research and development of the fire control system software, and the prospective directions of its future development. A complement to the paper is a specification of the optimisation methods used during the development of the fire control system software and the work organisation of a team of programmers working on the source code of the fire control system software. The paper illustrates how the consistent execution of research and development improves the effectiveness, scalability, and optimisation of the ZSMU fire control system software.

Keywords

• software engineering