Israeli defense-tech company reveals a billion pixel drone camera that can cover an area up to 80 square kilometers
Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense-tech firm, has revealed a drone camera which can achieve one billion pixel coverage of an area up to 80 square kilometers. The airborne camera system can be mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft and can even zoom into multiple regions of interest at once.
The system, called SkEye WAPS, which can capture high-resolution images of areas up to 80 square kilometers, will be unveiled at the 2017 Paris Airshow.
The so-called ‘eye in the sky’ drone camera can even zoom into multiple regions of interest while still recording the surrounding area, DailyMail reports.
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SkEye WAPS allows users to select particular footage in real time as the camera observes a given area, but also shows ‘back in time’ footage within the coverage area – and, up to 10 individual regions can be analyzed at once.
SkEye WAPS has an Electro Optic sensor unit, an advanced image processing unit, a large mass storage unit, and analysis applications. The data recorded are transmited via an embedded link from the aircraft to the SkEye, Control and Management Center (SCMC), which could be either a fixed or mobile facility.
When the camera spots something unusual, it will alert the commanders based on a customizable notification system.
Due to the fact that it works with unmanned aircraft vehicles and light aircraft, it gives a diverse array of potential surveillance applications.
According to the producer, the ‘eye in the sky’, which has already been in use in defense and homeland security missions around the world, could be a ‘game changer’ for homeland security, given that it could be useful in all different types of surveillance scenarios, from defense and law enforcement, or natural disaster recovery, to terrorism and homeland security threats.
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