Armoured Vehicle Situational Awareness

15 Pages·2012·5.66 MB·English

Armoured Vehicle Situational Awareness

Building ISR Capability
FMV Sensorsymposium
13 September 2012
Anders GM Dahlberg
Business Development Manager
Land Systems
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Yesterday’s battlefield
Spy the enemy from afar …
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Today’s battlefield
•  What is happening up close?
–  Allies
–  Civilians
–  Irregular combatants
•  Situational awareness!
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FLIR Systems
•  Sensor supplier
–  Supply various sensors to:
AGA/Bofors Thermal Imager for S-Tank 1958-1961
•  System integrators
–  Integrate into existing BMS or monitors
•  Vehicle OEMs
–  Various tracked and wheeled vehicles
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Layered approach
Long Range Reconnaissance
Situational Awareness
Safety
Medium Range Surveillance
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Situational awareness today
•  Driver
–  Glass vision blocks – day only, limited field of view
–  I2 DVE – limited performance , limited field of view
•  Commander
–  Glass vision blocks – day only, limited field of view
–  Sight (panoramic) – long range, poor close coverage
•  Gunner
–  Optical sight – day only, long range
–  Thermal imager – long range, poor close coverage
•  Troops
–  Basically nothing ...
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Available technologies
•  Direct optics
–  Day only, hull penetrating, not distributable
•  I2 Direct optics
–  Sensitive to blinding, hull penetrating, not distributable
•  TV / I2 CCD
–  Low cost, distributable, non penetrating, limited
performance at night – or sensitive to blinding
•  Thermal imaging
–  Has been expensive and bulky – not anymore!
–  Distributable, non penetrating, works day and night,
see through smoke / obscurants
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Issues and constraints
•  360° vision 24/7
–  Close to vehicle
•  Cluttered external vehicle surfaces
–  Turret / Weapon station
–  Hatches
–  Add-on protection
–  Cargo
•  Limited internal space
–  Particularly for driver/commander
–  Upgrade of older vehicles difficult
–  Adding displays difficult
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Armoured Vehicle Situational Awareness
DV55/SA90 Camera Series
•  Uncooled VOx Detector
–  640x480 pixels
–  Horiz. FoV 55° or 90°
•  Field replaceable windows
•  Fix focus
•  Controls:
–  Polarity
–  Calibration
–  DDE
–  ROI
•  Options
–  Motorized shutter with
cleaning function
–  CCDTV/LLTV Option
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WISENT II Armoured Engineer Vehicle
SA90DS

mounted
 on
 P/
T
 for
 driving/

work

DV55DS

mounted
 on
 P/
T
 for
 driving/

2
 x
 SA90
 for

work

situa0onal

awareness

(safety)

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