A new fully digital system for long-range ground observation has been launched by Israeli EO/IR specialists Controp Precision Technologies.
Applications include border, perimeter and coastal surveillance, protection of sensitive sites and force protection.
The stabilised multispectral SPEED-LR system is intended to boost persistent surveillance capabilities, particularly in terms of rapid detection and identification of potential threats from long distances.
Controp previously produced a ground surveillance system with the same name but this older SPEED-LR system is now out of production. Confusingly perhaps, the company decided to keep the original nomenclature while adding new or enhanced capabilities.
The Israeli company declined