ATE AeroSurveillance, a company specializing on integration of airborne surveillance solutions and services for both commercial and government applications, has introduced a new autonomous Airborne Real-time Detection and Notification (ARDENT) system for next generation intelligent aerial surveillance systems.
The ARDENT system comes with a gyro-stabilized, high-precision gimbal along with an option of two high-definition cameras, onboard computer, infrared sensors and a potent broadband satellite communications system.
The system unique software suite permits registration, tracking, object detection and data dissemination for managing surveillance operations. It is a lightweight, portable system created for airborne environments that are sensitive to power such as oil and gas pipeline surveillance, homeland security, maritime surveillance along with other important infrastructure applications. The ARDENT system greatly improves time to information and quality of detection, and decreases operational costs and risk potential.
The system uses advanced communications, computer, and sensor technologies and complies strictly with Open Architecture standards, due to which it could be installed in a wide range of both manned and unmanned aircraft platforms within a period of weeks.
According to Phillippe M. Roy, who is the Vice President of ATE AeroSurveillance, the ARDENT system leverages the company’s two decades of experience in the field of aircraft integration, sophisticated image processing and mission sensors and enables rapid upgrade of manned and unmanned aircraft to the next generation aerial surveillance solutions at reasonable costs.