"The Army is evaluating a cutting-edge force-protection system which combines radar, surveillance cameras, unmanned sensors, gunshot detection and remote-controlled weapons.
The sensors and weapons are combined into a single, integrated system that can scan surrounding terrain for threats, alert Soldiers of potential imminent danger and provide them fires to respond, service officials said.
The Combat Outpost Surveillance and Force Protection System, or COSFPS, nicknamed "Kraken" after the mythological sea creature with many heads, was evaluated in July as part of the Army's 3,800-Soldier-strong Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE at White Sands Missile Range, N.M."
https://www.army.mil/article/64655/kraken_provides_needed_intelligence_force_protection_at_nie
"The Combat Outpost Surveillance and Force Protection System, nicknamed “Kraken” after the mythological sea monster because of its many tentacle-like technological extensions, is the latest. Combining tower-mounted cameras, radar, sonic shot-detection and remote-controlled guns and deployable in a single shipping container, the first operational Kraken was recently installed at Forward Operation Base Pashmul South in Zari district, near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
Kraken, which cost $30 million to develop, is “designed to be airlifted into place and setup by a squad of soldiers in two to three hours,” according to an Army release."
https://breakingdefense.com/2013/04/army-releases-the-kraken-to-protect-foreign-fire-bases-id-lik/
"This is great for tracking the people coming in and out of your AO”
“We’ve been able to positively identify targets before they got in range with weapons on our COP.” — surveillance of voting facilities?
“11 cameras r strategically aligned to cover a 360-degree view, incl electro-optical/infra-red, low-light perimeter & Forward-Looking Infra-Red, or FLIR, HRC-X all-weather day & night thermal cameras; 2 of the cameras, a laser rangefinder & a GSR r rotatable atop a 10-meter mast”
“The radar on top of the mast can detect people at distances up to 10 kilometers and vehicles out to 20 kilometers.”"
https://drdannielleblumenthal.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/the-armys-kraken/
"Following successful field tests at White Sands Missile Range, the Army placed orders for a new force-protection system that combines several technologies into one platform.
Nicknamed Kraken after the mythological sea-creature with untold tentacles, The Combat Outpost Surveillance and Force Protection System (COSFPS) integrates radar, unmanned sensors, surveillance cameras, remote-controlled weapons, and gunshot detection into an interface controlled by a couple of soldiers with a lapotop."
https://www.businessinsider.com/army-kraken-force-protection-system-battlefield-communications-2011-9?op=1
"“While the sensor and device payload is impressive and probably offers the most force protection per cubic foot compared to any other system,” O’Neill said, “the key is the integration standard, fusion and automation which reduces troop to task and provides increased situational awareness – thus resulting in more reaction time for the warfighter.”
The JFPASS software enables data from all of Kraken’s system components to be integrated via a standard protocol, fused and conditionally automated, O’Neill explained; the information is displayed on screens showing a Common Operating Picture, referred to as COP.
“We’ve been able to positively identify targets before they got in range with weapons on our COP,” said Pvt. James Benham, a forward observer who has been evaluating Kraken/COSFPS in a series of mock-combat exercises at a WSMR “Mountain Village” outpost."
http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/news/kraken-provides-needed-intelligence-force-protection-at-nie/article_d17cc035-e802-589f-a95e-f4c949c476a6.html