OPTARION OptaMission
Mission planning and supportThe challenge
Modern air operations have become dynamic, data-driven, and executed across multiple platforms, domains, and national boundaries.
Traditional linear mission planning is no longer sufficient.
Forces require an integrated operational capability that connects planning, execution, and analysis seamlessly in complex, heterogeneous environments.
Our solution
OptaMission by HENSOLDT transforms mission planning into a tactical, operational capability that serves as the central platform for connected air operations. It is not a standalone tool but a platform-based system designed to integrate, orchestrate, and operate across diverse systems and coalition partners.
OptaMission supports the entire mission lifecycle—from initial planning and dynamic re-planning under changing conditions, through execution support tailored to platforms and roles, to structured debriefing and operational analysis. It is multi-platform by design, supporting helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, space assets, unmanned aerial systems, and future collaborative systems, while remaining independent of specific airframes or mission systems.
Rather than replacing existing solutions, OptaMission integrates third-party components, harmonizes heterogeneous data sources, and enables interoperability across systems and nations. Typically deployed as part of a complete operational ground system (e.g., within OPTARION Deployable Operating Base or fixed data centers), it includes IT infrastructure, secure communications, and C2 integration, delivering a fully operational mission support capability.
Proven in realistic operational environments and multinational exercises like TIMBER EXPRESS, OptaMission ensures reliable performance and integration of diverse national systems. Built on a software-defined, modular, and interoperable architecture, it guarantees resilience, flexibility, and long-term evolvability. Designed for future multi-domain operations, it supports cross-domain data fusion, accelerated decision-making, and platform-independent access to mission-critical information, evolving from a planning tool into an active component of a connected operational ecosystem.
Features and benefits
Features
- Platform-based system integrating planning, execution, and analysis processes
- Mission planning and dynamic re-planning under time pressure and changing conditions
- Tactical data management across platforms, roles, and coalition partners
- Execution support delivering mission-critical information tailored to user roles and platforms
- Structured debriefing and operational analysis enabling rapid feedback and continuous improvement
- Multi-platform support: transport and attack helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, space assets, unmanned aerial systems, and future collaborative systems
- Integration-centric design enabling incorporation of third-party solutions and harmonization of heterogeneous data sources
- Part of a complete operational ground system including IT infrastructure, secure communications, and C2 integration
- Proven in multinational exercises and realistic operational environments
- Software-defined, modular, interoperable architecture with edge capability for limited connectivity
- Future-ready for multi-domain operations with advanced data fusion and analytics
Benefits
- Enables seamless connection of mission planning, execution, and analysis across platforms and nations
- Supports agile and adaptive mission planning under uncertainty and changing conditions
- Protects investments by integrating existing mission systems rather than replacing them
- Facilitates coalition operations through interoperability and data harmonization
- Provides a fully operational mission support capability beyond standalone planning software
- Ensures reliable performance in realistic and demanding operational contexts
- Offers resilience, flexibility, and scalability through modular, software-defined architecture
- Prepares forces for future multi-domain operations with cross-domain data integration and accelerated decision-making
- Transforms mission planning into an active enabler of operational effectiveness in complex environments
Product family
OPTARION mission systems and software solutions are designed for the end-to-end support of military aircraft operations with the goal of ensuring seamless, timely data flows to minimise the workload of all functions involved in all phases of the mission.
When producing these systems, HENSOLDT is responsible for the entire product life-cycle, from the design, development and production via integration and support during operation right through to training and all other aspects of in-service support for the Bundeswehr.