ARGUS-IS
The ARGUS-IS , an acronym for Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (dt. About ubiquitous autonomous imaging real-time monitoring system ), is a toy in the testing of aircraft from deployable video surveillance system of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) BAE Systems was commissioned to develop the system . The contract was awarded at the end of 2007 with a budget of USD 18.5 million and a term of 30 months.
The name ARGUS also refers to the all-seer Argus , a giant of Greek mythology .
Background and technology
According to DARPA, the aim of the program is to provide military users with a flexible, responsive and continuous way to find, track and monitor activities on the ground. ARGUS-IS offers military users permanent monitoring of an area of up to 35 km² from heights of up to 5000 meters in order to support tactical users in a dynamic battlefield or urban environment. The three most important components of the ARGUS-IS are a 1.8 gigapixel video system with four lenses, 368 commercially available camera sensor chips with 5 megapixels each and two processing subsystems, one in the air and the other on the ground. In contrast to previous systems, video data processed in real time is transmitted directly on board the aircraft and no raw data is transmitted to the ground station.
Use and engagement
The first test flight with a UH-60 Black Hawk took place in February 2010. The Boeing A160 Hummingbird is currently planned as the platform. Components of the ARGUS-IS can also be found in the second version of the Gorgon Stare system , which should enable it to monitor an area of 100 km². It should be used here together with the Mind's Eye system for clarification.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ BAE to Develop Surveillance System , The Washington Post, November 12, 2007.
- ↑ Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System (ARGUS-IS). ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
- ↑ From Video to Knowledge , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, May 8, 2012.
- ↑ Surveillance drones : No gesture remains hidden , FAZ from January 29, 2013.
- ↑ a b Statement by Dr. Regina E. Dugan ( Memento from February 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), DARPA from March 23, 2010, p. 6 (PDF, 106 kB)
- ↑ Michelle Erlach: Sierra Nevada Corporation Achieves Milestone for USAF's Advanced Wide-Area Airborne Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) System - Gorgon Stare Increment 2. Sierra Nevada, July 1, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Stephen Trimble: Sierra Nevada fields ARGUS-IS upgrade to Gorgon Stare pod. Flightglobal.com, accessed August 14, 2014 .