Logos rolls out new wide-area surveillance system

Logos Technologies has rolled out its new Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance (WAPS) system, which is aimed at offering a 360-degree, geographically-and-temporally tagged area coverage of the complete city.

Integrating infrared and electro-optical (EO/IR) sensors with full-motion video feature, the new surveillance system is claimed to enable operators to carry out survey up to 100km2 at high-and-low resolutions, day and night, even for weeks at a time.

Further, the system offers archival imagery for about a month from full field of view or defined surveillance ‘watchboxes’ set up for dedicated tracking.

Logos Technologies president Dr John Marion said: "The combination of sophisticated, wide-area motion imagery sensors and advanced activity-based analytics we provide offers the US Army robust capabilities to enhance force protection, situational awareness, and intelligence.

"With proven success in theatre, these technologies are designed to help our forces understand the threat landscape as it evolves and keep them ahead of the battle."

Further, the company unveiled the new lightweight Redkite WAPS pod for manned and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and the dual electro-optical and acoustic Serenity hostile fire detection system.

With its weapons launch and detonation events detection capability, the Serenity system offers an additional aspect of battlefield awareness while amplifying WAPS capabilities.