Tue, Nov 22, 2011
Intelligence And Surveillance Capabilities Showcased For
FRONTEX
Advanced border surveillance capabilities from an optionally
piloted vehicle was demonstrated recently during a European
exercise hosted by FRONTEX, an EU agency based in Warsaw created to
strengthen the security of the European Union external borders.
DA42 OPV File Photo
The exercise was designed to view existing capabilities in a
live environment. The primary goal of the exercise was to evaluate
how optionally piloted vehicles or unmanned vehicles can further
enhance border surveillance in the maritime domain. Lockheed Martin
demonstrated how quickly optionally piloted vehicles could collect
intelligence on suspicious activity or detect boats in distress,
then immediately send imagery, streaming video and other gathered
intelligence to a ground station.
Using a Diamond Airborne Sensing aircraft equipped with a FLIR
Electro Optical/InfraRed camera and a robust communications suite,
Lockheed Martin demonstrated how the aircraft collected high
definition video and imagery over several flights. Captured
information was then transmitted to a ground system via both line
of sight and beyond line of sight communications, providing users
on the ground with better situational understanding and broader
knowledge of the immediate environment. In near real-time, ground
station analysts were able to view the data, then update
situational awareness displays for all users in the enterprise.
Lockheed Martin's team also demonstrated how to share situational
awareness pictures with a wide range of display technologies,
ranging from computers to handheld devices.
"Lockheed Martin presented an affordable, integrated solution
tailored to address specific European border management
requirements," said Jim Quinn, vice president of C4ISR Systems with
Lockheed Martin IS&GS-Defense. "We demonstrated how ISR tools
can be rapidly deployed, while maintaining linkage to existing
infrastructure."
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