At Eurosatory 2026, Armenian system integration company Bootech provided Warsight with an in-depth briefing on their range of command and control (C2) suites. These are offered as a relatively simple and cost-effective means of providing a force greater situational awareness, accelerating decision-making cycles, and providing after-action analysis.

Bootech’s range consists of the Ghost Eye Situational Awareness Enhancing C2 (SAEC2) for general-purpose situational awareness and C2, the Thunderstorm Digital Artillery Reconnaissance – Fire C2 (DARFC2) for artillery battalions, and the Orion Mobile Air Situation Awareness C2 (MASAC2), for mobile air defence forces. Its relatively flexible hardware arrangement makes it suited to integration of disparate systems with varying origins, as is the case with the equipment operated by the Armenian armed forces.

Hayk Karapetyan, Group Product Manager at Bootech, explained the thinking behind these C2 suites and how they were intended to operate.

Ghost Eye

Ghost Eye suite core package comprises a server backbone, with commanders and officers issued ruggedised laptops and tablets, linked up with an integrated communications suite of networked radios for the troops. Its core functions include a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based digital map interface, with navigation and real-time blue force (BLUFOR) tracking, as well as secure voice, text, and data exchange. Together, these provide commanders with a unified operational picture.

Karapetyan explained, “It has many integrations, for example, electro optical devices, or cameras are integrated there, and if [the] device has capability to take an object from the terrain, then it will appear here, and when it appears here, then it is available for everybody who has access to that information.” He added, “It has integration of UAVs [uncrewed aerial vehicles], for example, [a] UAV flies and detects object, [the] object is on the map. If it’s on the map, then it’s shared through all the levels of command, and that’s how it helps to make informed and better decisions.”

The addition of objects of interest or targets is done manually by operators, and shared over the network, with differing levels of access among the user base depending on requirements. “Users are categorised, for example, one user can only view the information, the other one can edit the information, the other one can create. So this depends on the concept of operations,” Karapetyan said.

Beyond this, Karapetyan added that the software comes with various “different tools, like for example, you can play back the situation, see how it was evolving, how you came to that point, and conduct some retrospective analysis about the situation, and also make some predictions.”

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm is the C2 suite variant geared toward artillery battalion C2 and fire control. It includes the features available for Ghost Eye, but also adds artillery-specific functions.

Varduhi Khudatyan, Product Manager at Bootech, explained that in terms of the typical hardware distribution arrangement, the artillery battalion commander would be provided with a ruggedised laptop, while artillery officers would be issued with ruggedised tablets, and individual gun commanders would receive ruggedised smartphones. In the process of guns being assigned targets, the gun commanders are provided with the necessary ballistic calculations to prosecute the fire mission, thereby speeding up the engagement cycle.

Karapetyan added that forward observers or other assets such as UAVs tied into the wider situational awareness picture would be able to mark targets on the map for the artillery commander.

Orion

Orion is Bootech’s C2 suite developed for the air defence role. It includes many of the features and hardware available to Ghost Eye, but adds further functionality specific to air defence.

Karapetyan explained, “we integrated all the radars, and then we get information from the radars, we also get information from air traffic controllers, civilian infrastructure, and we get information even from observers like MANPADS units, who have [the] capability to take [a] picture of those targets…because maybe [the] terrain is hilly or mountainous, and there is no coverage of radar right there.”

The interface shows a shared airspace picture, but can divide this picture according to the needs of users at different levels, for instance presenting a battery officer a more limited airspace picture showing only targets they are able to engage.

“That situation fuses together and creates integrated air picture for everyone, but that picture can be different from different users based on their roles. For example, [a subordinate officer] sees whatever is flying inside of this circle, and [the commander] has no limitation. That’s why [the commander] sees 94 targets, and [the officer] sees 12 targets…If the commander wants to give any target to [the officer], and that target is out of this visibility zone, the target will become visible for [the officer],” Karapetyan said.

“We have also implemented the option of cancelation, because if this commander says ‘my equipment is faulty’, or there is a problem with personnel, or no ammunition, no fuel. All these factors are displayed here, but also you can put some text message to say maybe something that unpredictable happens. So, if you cancel the command, the command will be redirected to the unit which was initiator of that command, and…the commander can redirect the command to another unit or…cancel the command, whatever is needed for that particular situation,” he added.

Looking ahead

When Warsight enquired into other areas the company was exploring, Karapetyan revealed that, “we have created a system for [the] air force to plan flight routes and to analyse [the] air defence capabilities of the enemy. For example, if I choose enemy position and I know that’s air defence position, if I say, ‘okay, I am going to fly over that position’ on, let’s say, altitude is going to be one 2000 metres, I can click on the map, and then I can see not the firing range like [a] circle, but firing range according to the obstacles of the terrain, in order to avoid air defence firing range. Because sometimes these circles are perfect, but they are not in reality.”

As has been the case with Armenia more broadly over the last few years, Bootech is pursuing collaboration with various foreign partners, having signed several agreements with members of Western industry. Of particular note was the company’s signing of an industrial partnership agreement with Thales on 25 June 2026. Under this agreement, Thales has stated that it is contributing its manufacturing expertise, while Bootech is due to contribute its software and integration capabilities.