Integrated Positioner Systems
Cobham Sensor Systems provides turnkey positioning systems for a wide range of applications. The precision, architecture, portability and large payload capacity make Atlantic's products ideal to implement long range electro-optical surveillance, laser beam director, laser ranging and tracking, and laser communications systems. The power and flexibility of the control systems allow ready configuration and control of these systems.
Homeland Security / Force Protection
Cobham provides fully integrated turnkey positioning systems to support an array of homeland security applications
- Multi-Sensor Surveillance
- Long Range Surveillance
- Remote Monitoring/Sensing
- Border and Coastal Surveillance
- Covert and Portable Surveillance
Multi Sensor Surveillance
- Firmware Tailored Controls
- NEMA / EIA Configuration
- Data Processing / Video Annotation
- Thru System Sensor Control
- Remote Operator Control
- Touch screen EL Menu
- VME Expansion
- Auto Video Tracking
- Flexible Interface to Host/Subsystems
- Tailored Sensor Systems
- Precision / Stabilized Gimbal
- LRF for Single Station / TSPI Solution
- All Weather Hardware
- Multiple Designs for Varying Payloads
- Lightweight / Portable
- Hi Rel / Low MTTR
- Low Drift Algorithm
Typical Specification for Multi-Sensor Surveillance Systems
Sensors:
Thermal Imaging System:
- 256 x 256 FPA
- NFOV: 2° x 2°
- 3 - 5 micron (8 - 12 option)
- NFOV: 2° x 2°
- WFOV: 8° x 8°
- RS-170, IVP-P, 75ω
- MRT: 50 m
- K-32° C to +55° C
Video Sensors:
- ICCD or Color CCD
- Lens 300 m to 1,400 mm zoom
- 756 x 484 Pixels
- GEN III, OMNI IV Intensifier
- 12 Orders of Magnitude, Dynamic Range
- -20° C to +55° C
Eye-Safe Laser Rangefinder:
- Range: 10 Km - 25 Km
- Accuracy: ±2 m
- Frequency: 1 PPS
- Beamwidth: 0.5 to 1 mrad
- Hermetically Sealed
- -20° C to +55° C
Tracking System:
- Resolution: 15 mrad
- Accuracy: 50 mrad
- Dynamics: 90°/sec & 90°/sec2
- Travel: AZ ±180° (Continuous - Option)
- EL -15° to +185°
- Modes: Manual, Autotrack, Scan, Joystick
- Weight: 80 lb. without payload
- -20° C to +55° C
Laser Applications
General:
By virtue of the precision design of Cobhams positioners and controls, our products make ideal platforms for laser applications as depicted by the applications shown.
Cobham's products, the SPS-500, SPS-1000, SPS-2000, SPS-4000, SPS-6000 and SPS-8000 cover a wide range of payloads from 5 to 2,000 lbs. to include portable, fixed, mobile and airborne platforms. These are just a few of the applications.
Laser Ranging and Tracking:
Cobham's Aircraft Landing and Recovery System use a high-power, high-pulse, OPM shifted Eye-Safe Laser Rangefinder (ESLRF) to provide tracking, space, time and position information (TSPI) for covert recovery of aircraft on carriers. The system automatically acquires, tracks and generates TSPI data at ranges to 10 to 20 km. Boresight accuracy is to better than 200 mrad. The ALRS System is shipboard stabilized system.
High Power Beam Director:
Although this HPB Director looks different, it is in-fact made from standard SPS-1000 and SPS-4000 modules. It directs a 1.064 um beam at 1,200 watt continuous wave beam on precise spots on ordinance to safely destroy the devices in contaminated zones. This also requires precision pointing with less than 20 mrad jitter to concentrate the energy on target. The system is tailored for armor protection of optics and positioner and used a pressurized hermetically sealed cavity to prevent contamination in the optics path.
Laser Communication System:
Cobham provides the Positioner of multiple beam laser communication link for communication with the Airborne Command Post. The system is fielded by AstroTerra Corporation, using Cobham's SPS-4000 positioner mounted on a mobile trailer. The system maintains a 10 arcsec line-of-sight (LOS) while communicating over 16 individual laser links.
Electro-Optical Surveillance Applications
General:
The resolution, sensitivity and accuracy are the key features of an effective long-range electrical-optical surveillance system. Cobham integrates our precision positioners with our flexible software configurable controls and video, IR and laser sensors to provide Force Protection against Insurgency, Anti-Terrorism and domestic acts of violence.
Cobham's basic products are integrated into small man-portable and large fixed or Air/Land/Sea mobile platforms for a wide variety of payloads. The following are just a few of the applications.
Domestic Portable Surveillance:
Cobham has produced portable and fixed site long-range surveillance systems for the FBI and Navy for domestic and coastal surveillance. With focal length lens in the range of 3,000 to 6,000mm, the system images identifying features at ranges to 10 Km. Addition of intensified cameras, IR imagers and rangefinders can extend these systems to day/night operation.
Anti-Terrorism Surveillance:
Cobham covert surveillance systems are suitable for protection of high value assets against terrorist activity. Systems like that shown below are used for surveillance at airports, Government facilities, military installations and large commercial facilities. The systems are tailored for the application and are hardened for all weather operation. Installed at remote and large standoff distances, the devices are difficult to access and prevent compromise of operation.
Shipboard Surveillance:
The Naval System shown below is used for covert surveillance on the high seas, as well as, coastal applications. The system consists of the stabilized director, an SPS-2000, with sensitive state-of-the-art InSb (3 - 5m) Thermal Camera, high-pulse rate eye-safe laser for ranging and tracking of fast moving targets and long-range video (day and/or night) camera. Significantly, the same system was used in a P-3 application for stabilized airborne surveillance.
Naval System
RF Applications
General:
Cobhams precision direct-drive positioners are ideal for high power, millimeter wave applications. Precision LOS stabilization can be applied for operation in ground, shipboard, and airborne environments. Cobham can supply COTS solutions with integrated antennas, RF rotary joints, and waveguides.
Operation On-The-Move
Cobham's stabilized positioners provide rugged COTS platforms for surveillance, beam direction and communications for tactical vehicles.
Cobham uses off-the-shelf sensors and integrates the sensors with CSS MIL-quality, proprietary gimbals for stabilized LOS Operation On-The-Move.