Updates to SCORPION persistent surveillance system with universal gateway

Michael Coster; Jon Chambers; Michael Winters; Al Brunck

doi:10.1117/12.800777

16 October 2008 Updates to SCORPION persistent surveillance system with universal gateway

Michael Coster, Jon Chambers, Michael Winters, Al Brunck

Proceedings Volume 7112, Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks V; 71120K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800777
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2008, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Abstract

This paper addresses benefits derived from the universal gateway utilized in Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's (NGSC) SCORPION, a persistent surveillance and target recognition system produced by the Xetron campus in Cincinnati, Ohio. SCORPION is currently deployed in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF). The SCORPION universal gateway is a flexible, field programmable system that provides integration of over forty Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) types from a variety of manufacturers, multiple visible and thermal electro-optical (EO) imagers, and numerous long haul satellite and terrestrial communications links, including the Army Research Lab (ARL) Blue Radio. Xetron has been integrating best in class sensors with this universal gateway to provide encrypted data exfiltration to Common Operational Picture (COP) systems and remote sensor command and control since 1998. In addition to being fed to COP systems, SCORPION data can be visualized in the Common sensor Status (CStat) graphical user interface that allows for viewing and analysis of images and sensor data from up to seven hundred SCORPION system gateways on single or multiple displays. This user friendly visualization enables a large amount of sensor data and imagery to be used as actionable intelligence by a minimum number of analysts.

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Michael Coster, Jon Chambers, Michael Winters, and Al Brunck "Updates to SCORPION persistent surveillance system with universal gateway", Proc. SPIE 7112, Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks V, 71120K (16 October 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800777

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