German defense electronics firm Hensoldt is developing MDOcore, a software suite for multi-domain operations, Sven Heursch, head of Software-Defined Defence & Digitalisation at Hensoldt, said in an interview.
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The suite is designed to link data from weapons systems and sensors across land, air, sea, cyber and space using cloud and edge computing, advanced data science and artificial intelligence. It enables rapid data fusion, resource prioritization and delivery of actionable intelligence even in contested environments with jamming or degraded communications.
Heursch said Ukraine exposed challenges: Western forces were able to deliver reconnaissance, missile and artillery capabilities quickly, but integrating those systems for communication and coordination took months or years. MDOcore aims to reduce those gaps.
Heursch described MDOcore as supporting “modular software with open interfaces” instead of rigid hardware-based systems, and said it acts as a “universal translator” enabling different allied systems — such as radar, missile batteries, and command and control systems — to share a common operational picture in near real time.