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Australia trials UAV target detection and tracking system

18th August 2010 - 13:15 GMT | by Andrew White in London

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Computer vision specialist Sentient has successfully integrated and demonstrated automated target detection and tracking capability on AeroVironment’s (AV) family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) as part of its bid for an Australian Army programme.

In response to a requirement from Phase 4 Tier 1 of the Joint Projects 129 (JP129/4) of the Australian government’s Defence Capability Plan 2009, the army integrated Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI computer vision system onto AV’s common ground control system. This allowed analysis of electro-optical/infrared imagery transmitted by UAS in real-time, according to company officials.

According to Sentient, ISR operators used AV’s Screener with the

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