Fully qualified on combat aircraft.
Key features
- From sensor to IMINT
- Day-night and real-time recce capability at long stand-off ranges and at very low altitude and high speed
- Real time capability based on a unique data link architecture (high rate Ku band data link and UHF omni directional service link)
- A full tactical IMage INTelligence (IMINT) system
- NATO interoperable STANAG 7023-7085
Main characteristics
- A pod integrating - 2 large sized focal plane arrays in the visible and in the 3-5 μm infrared - 2 wide and 2 narrow high resolution fields of view, both in the visible and in the infrared
- High speed IR scanner for panoramic acquisition at very low altitudes
- Mobile bearing-mounted pod head for an optimal flexibility
- Recce Management System incorporating advanced operational functions and stereoscopic data acquisition, link management and digital recording
Product designation
Airborne Recce Observation System (AREOS)