SOCIO-TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITIZATION IN THE MAINTENANCE OF AIR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS

Abstract

Digitisation has become a topic of debate and a challenging topic of interest in increased fields. The transition from analogue to digital aerial surveillance systems has been a particularly major step as aerial surveillance has as a major requirement the provision of real- time airborne situation information. The maintenance of these systems is essential as their active operational status and their resilience to intentional disruptive factors, depends on their proper performance. The article treats the socio-technical relationship through the lens of digitisation with elements on blockchain, cloud, Big Data, Industry 4.0, IoT (Internet of Things), AI (artificial intelligence), AR (augmented reality). Through the SWOT analysis conducted the article identifies key points on the proposed topic and draws guidelines towards a bright digitalization horizon.