New Imaging, Surveillance and Protection Systems Unveiled

[Indus Falcon]

New Imaging, Surveillance and Protection Systems Unveiled
Jun. 18, 2014
By ANDREW CHUTER

The Blighter Scout, unveiled at Eurosatory, is a mobile surveillance capability that can be vehicle- or trailer mast-mounted. (Blighter Surveillance Systems)

PARIS— French firm Lheritier unveiled a high-powered, active-imaging, day-night camera at Eurosatory that it says is the first portable camera to allow facial identification in darkness at 150 meters.

The Cat Eye, developed over two years with funding from the French Ministry of Defense, is being promoted as an alternative to IR cameras and a solution to obtaining legal evidence.

The camera’s 400mm lens can capture images in near darkness, while a pulsed laser diode can then be used to enhance full night vision.

Elbit Systems brought to Eurosatory its new ATMOS 155mm/52 caliber truck-mounted howitzer, which can be mounted on any tactical six- or eight-wheel-drive truck chassis and offers better performance than its predecessor as well as an electronics suite that allows for a smaller crew.

The Israeli firm also launched a new observation and targeting system, the Long View CR-D (LVCR-D), an upgrade to its LVCR, which combines a forward-looking infrared, long-range day camera; laser rangefinder; GPS and magnetic compass. The upgrade adds a diode-pumped laser designator, which the firm says minimizes the risks of collateral damage.

Britain’s Blighter Surveillance Systems used the show to introduce a lightweight mobile surveillance capability for applications such as monitoring border hotspots or reacting to ground interdiction.

Blighter Scout is a vehicle- or trailer mast-mounted system featuring the company’s own passive electronic scanning array radar, low-light camera, thermal imaging system and an integrated radar tracker.

The system can detect a human out to 7.4 kilometers and a large moving vehicle out to a range of 22 kilometers.

At the other end of the scale, Finland’s boutique steel maker, Ruukki, rolled out a new armor at the show. Called Ramor 450, it claims the steel offers the best blast protection on the market for vehicle designers looking to defeat landmines.

The armor is primarily aimed at providing blast protection for the floors of military vehicles. The steel can be used as the frame structure of the vehicle or on the floor, and Ruukki guarantee’s mechanical values such as tensile strength, elongation and impact strength, as well as the usual guarantee for hardness.

Ramor 450 joins a family of armored steels and is the second addition to the Ruukki specialist product line in the last nine months. Last September, the company introduced the Ramor 550 to provide protection from kinetic energy projectiles.

Thomas Hornfeldt, the Ruukki senior vice president for special steels and international sales, said Ramor 450 was already in trials with customers in the armored personnel sector but as yet they had no contract.

“This is a case where capability outweighs the price tag. We are never cheaper but we are usually the best,” said Hornfeldt.

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[Ra'ad]

Very impressive. I think the stats of 7.4km and 22km for humans and vehicles respectively are true in case of clear atmosphere, with no dust. Otherwise i'd say the visibility would be much less.

Are these for border surveillance?

 

[Indus Falcon]

Handheld Camera for Day/Night vision – CAT EYE

World-wide innovation, officially released mid- 2014, CAT EYE is the first ever handheld camera for Day/Night vision, embedding ‘Gated Active Imagery’ technology.

CAT EYE integrates both outstanding performance and revolutionary technology, offering to Defense like Security users an alternative to classical thermal (infrared) camera.

Targeting in priority law enforcement, special forces or military squadrons, CAT EYE enables the observation missions at long range and safe distances, the surveillance of Critical sites (Border, Coastal, Harbors, Airports or specific critical environments), and sensitive information for security arrangement during major events (political summit, pilgrimage, gatherings).

CAT EYE captures, by day or night, persistent images magnifying the natural eye vision: clean, sharp and realistic up to natural contrast defined by the human vision.

In passive mode, CAT EYE guarantees an excellent visibility for day-time observation, even down to low light level (night level 3), but also during rainy or foggy weather conditions, or highly polluted conditions.

CAT EYE benefits from a dual mode of Active Imagery. Via a common laser source, the camera operator opts for either a permanent lightning mode (illuminated mode) or active gated mode. This active gated mode guarantees the selection of a dedicated spatial range (more or less 15 meters). This mode ensures facial identification of a human being, distant from 150 meters in the midst of night.

Designed with compact and robust architecture, CAT EYE camera operates on a single vision channel, and provides Full HD video format in Day like Night vision. Its unique technology of active imagery works without image intensifier. The low power consumption allows on battery an autonomy up to 5 hours. Meanwhile, OLED technology delivers a high-definition vision under all conditions by day or night through the monocular.

CAT EYE also provides additional information (compass, range finder and timing), and completes videos or photos recordings. The recording function specifically allows the establishment of legal evidence and inherently provides terrific support for decision making by the operator.

With CAT EYE, LHERITIER illustrates his potential in innovation through active imagery. This technological step-ahead completes ideally his development/expertise in the field of low-light level for Defense and Security domains.

Handheld Camera for Day/Night vision – CAT EYE

 

[Indus Falcon]

Blighter Scout
Blighter® | Blighter Scout- - Vehicle mountable radar and electro-optic surveillance system from Blighter Surveillance Systems