Services

Client's Challenge:
Develop a user-friendly replacement for the current outdated computers used by the armed forces to calculate mortar platoon firing data. The system should allow the operator to calculate all data that is currently available through the systems in use, and should display safety information that is not readily available through the current system. The needs of the system, combined with the small screen space and in-field usability, will provide a user interface design challenge. The system should also be easily extensible, and should be flexible enough to be developed alongside changing requirements.

 

Logikos' Solution:
Logikos developed a WindowsCE application using a thoughtfully-designed GUI in front of ActiveX servers that implemented various components of the system. The GUI included a graphical representation of the battlefield situation to give the user a visual reference that enhanced safety. Flexibility was achieved through the use of multiple ActiveX servers and a structure that allowed the application to be described in XML and "built" from multiple components at run time.

 

Tools and Technologies:
Windows CE
C++
ActiveX
SQL
XML