EO/IR Special Report: CorvusEye scans the region
Harris Corporation was promoting its CorvusEye wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor to the Asia-Pacific region at Singapore Airshow 2018.
Although the system comes with ITAR restrictions, it is available for export to around 47 countries. Therefore, the manufacturer believes there are countries in the region that would benefit from its capabilities.
Jason Baker, of Harris’ space and intelligent systems department, told Shephard that the CorvusEye can be fitted on any fixed-wing aircraft or MALE UAV able to accommodate a 15-inch bolt-in gimbal.
The 43.9kg sensor monitors an area 2-3km². In daylight its ground sample distance (essentially, the pixel size) is
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