This requirement opens a vast market for on-board data entry systems. Centrodyne's Silent 1000 system was already revamped between 1983 and 1986.
Competition is fierce, especially since certain competitors have forged ahead.
The product must, therefore be upgraded. To improve its competitiveness by reducing production costs. The proposed innovations consist in redesigning the on-board unit for collecting data, the unit for transferring data, the communication interface and the software for producing reports. Five computer prototypes and three prototypes of the data transfer units are built and laboratory and field tests are conducted. Important features added to competitors' on-board computers make it imperative to upgrade the new Silent 2000 system.