CATS – Common Aperture Targeting System- Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting System
CATS is a high performance electro-optical reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting system designed for fixed-wing and rotary-wing airborne platforms, including Unmanned Air Systems (UASs), helicopters and aircrafts.
Applications
- Targeting
- Reconnaissance and Surveillance
- Long Range Surveillance
Main Features
- Common Aperture with Diameter of 220mm
- Very Large Aperture for Narrow FOVs and
- Very Narrow FOVs of IR, HDTV and LL-NIR
Cameras
- Larger Aperture Means More Light and
- Therefore Better Image Quality and Better
Range
- Compact and Light-Weight System
- Single-LRU System
- Superior Range Performance
- High Performance IR Camera
- True Full High Definition (1920×1080) HDTV
Camera
- No Digital Zooming Applied for
1920x1080p Video Output - 25 Times More Sensor Pixels Used Than
- High Definition (1280x720p) HDTV Cameras
- Low Light (LL-NIR) Camera
- Common FOVs for IR, HDTV and LL-NIR Cameras
- Laser Range Finder and Target Designator
- Laser Pointer and Illuminator
- Internal Boresight Unit
- All-Digital Video Pipeline
- Advanced Image Processing
- Multi Target Tracking
- Simultaneous Target Tracking on IR, HDTV
- and LL-NIR Videos
- Accurate Target Geo-Location
- Determination of Coarse and Speed of
- Moving Target
- Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
- Accurate Stabilization
- Automatic Alignment with Platform
- Operation in Very Low Temperatures in High Altitudes
Technical Specifications
| Sensor Resolutions | IR: 640×512 |
| | TV: 1920×1080 |
| | LL-NIR: 640×480 |
| Fields of View (FOVs)
(Horizontal) |
IR: 0.5° – 0.9° – 3.2° – 30° |
| | TV: 0.5° – 0.9° – 3.2° – 30° |
| | LL-NIR: 0.5° |
| Field of Regard (FOR) | Azimuth: 360° continuous
Elevation: +10° to -105° |
| Laser Range Finder and Target Designator | Range: up to 25 km
Wavelength: 1064 nm Repetition rate: up to 20 Hz |
| Laser Pointer and Illuminator | Laser Pointer:
Wavelength: NIR |
| | Laser Illuminator:
Wavelength: NIR |
| Communication Interface | RS-422, MIL-STD-1553B |
| Video Interface | 4x SMPTE-292M HD-SDI
2x PAL |
| Power Interface | 28 VDC |
| Size | Sensor Ball Diameter: ≤ 415 mm
Width: ≤ 437 mm Height: ≤ 520 mm |
| Weight | 61kg |
| Temperature | Operational: -54°C to +50°C
Storage: -55°C to +70°C |
Note: All tolerances are within ±10%. Specifications may change without prior notice.
LU: 31.07.19
