BXI Defense Systems builds and integrates advanced software systems for military and homeland security applications. The firm first built the Cyrano® sensor integration system to integrate the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) devices used by the US National Guard’s 51st Civil Support Team to monitor the perimeter at Super Bowl XL in Detroit for potential threats. Following that work, BXI Defense applied the underlying software and systems to the US Army vehicle platforms, integrating vehicle sensors connected through a variety of on board networks. This work translated into further efforts to create a software architecture that could support the US Army initiative to develop forward thinking condition based maintenance capabilities.
BXI Defense Systems has partnered with Esterline Control Systems to develop the Mission Adaptable Crew Station (MACS) under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Esterline and the US Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC). The Mission Adaptable Crew Station implements a vision of modularity and rapid reconfiguration, while reducing the risk and cost associated with crew-station electronics. It shifts the focus of modularity from components and subsystems to users and their needs in the vehicle. A MACS demonstrator was developed for the HEMTT A2, with interchangeable modules for the driver and commander, including hot-swapping capability.