ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging), the world’s first Optical Radar, is a maritime wide area optical search system proven to operate up to Sea State 6. ViDAR autonomously finds objects on the surface of the ocean over vastly greater areas than traditional search methods.
ViDAR operates optically so it is unaffected by white caps and other effects that impact technology such as radar. Day and Night, ViDAR is able to detect objects that are very small – much beyond the capability of the human eye – to dramatically extend the coverage of the aircraft in a broad range of search missions including search and rescue, illegal fishing, counter narcotics and maritime security. ViDAR is in use today with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Royal Australian Navy, US Coast Guard, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Mexican Navy and many other agencies and forces.
Capabilities
300x greater ocean coverage
ViDAR provides 300x greater ocean search coverage compared with existing EO/IR systems
Low SWaP integration for any airframe
Low size, weight and power system available with self contained VMS pods and other integration options for different aircraft types
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Real-time autonomous small object detection
ViDAR continuously scans the ocean in front of the aircraft and autonomously detects all objects on the ocean surface
Automatic sensor cross-cue
ViDAR presents the operator with an image and location coordinate of each object enabling selection to cross-cue the aircraft primary sensor.
Proven up to Sea State 6
ViDAR has been extensively evaluated in a wide range of sea states
Found in Seconds
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Night ViDAR
Small form factor IR optical radar
VMS Pod Systems
ViDAR is available with the VMS range of airborne pods which can be easily deployed on fixed wing and rotary wing crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
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ViDAR™ Land is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled next generation Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) system providing day (EO) and night (IR) persistent surveillance. It can autonomously detect, filter, classify and track thousands of objects and assists the operator to focus solely on the targets of interest. It can detect both vehicles and moving individuals within a wide area.
This scalable and cost-effective solution can be packaged in a self-contained external pod or integrated into a crewed or uncrewed fixed or rotary-wing platform.
ViDAR™ Land’s data can be shared securely with other advanced Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) systems, increasing real-time situational awareness.
ViDAR Optical Radar is available with the VMS range of airborne pods and integration options which can be easily deployed on fixed and rotary wing crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Pod configurations support day and night time operations with EO and IR sensor options for different mission types and aircraft mounting.
Integrated with ViDAR software and a mission management system, the game changing capabilities of ViDAR Optical Radar can be added quickly and efficiently to your search and surveillance operations.
ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging), the world’s first Optical Radar, is a wide area optical search system proven to operate up to Sea State 6. ViDAR autonomously finds objects on the surface of the ocean over vastly greater areas than traditional search methods. ViDAR operates optically so it is unaffected by white caps and other effects that impact technology such as radar.
Day and Night, ViDAR is able to detect objects that are very small – much beyond the capability of the human eye – to dramatically extend the coverage of tactical UAS in a broad range of search missions including search and rescue, illegal fishing, counter narcotics and maritime security. ViDAR is in use today on UAS with the Royal Australian Navy, US Coast Guard and other agencies and forces.
Kestrel
Kestrel is a software solution that automatically detects objects in electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) video over land and maritime environments. Kestrel is at TRL9 and proven in theatre with over 3,500 systems deployed by agencies and forces on 6 continents on a wide range of crewed, uncrewed, fixed wing and rotary aircraft. Kestrel easily integrates with ISR systems and is available with many current mission systems, sensors, ground control stations and remote video terminals.