FAIRFAX, Va. – Logos Technologies LLC in Fairfax, Va., is introducing the MicroKestrel sensors for small, tethered, multirotor-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
When mounted on a tethered UAV and hovering at 200 feet, one MicroKestrel can image three square kilometers, tracking every vehicle and detecting every infantry warfighter within its 180-degree field of view.
The wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) persistent surveillance system also can cue high-definition video cameras for close-in inspection should an operator require a positive identification of a target.
"At just under five pounds, the new WAMI system is so light that some tethered UAVs can actually accommodate two units, each pointed in a different direction," says Doug Rombough, vice president of business development for Logos Technologies. "You get twice the coverage area and a 360-degree field of view."
The idea of getting WAMI on a small tethered unmanned aircraft once seemed impossible. Now, these sensors will be able to go on tethered UAVs or free-flying UAVs that have been connected to a third-party tethering station. This greatly expands the types of operators who will be able to use WAMI.
"People who would never have access to runway or catapult-launched UAVs, let alone big Predators, can pop open a container, set up a tethered UAV, and launch a WAMI sensor into the air," said Rombough. "Think about what that means for base protection, event security, or other mission sets."
For more information contact Logos Technologies online at www.logostech.net.
