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16 April 2008 SCORPION persistent surveillance system with universal gateway
Michael Coster, Jon Chambers, Michael Winters, Joe Belesi
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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 and remote sensor command and control since 1998. SCORPION data can be distributed point to point, or to multiple Common Operational Picture (COP) systems, including Command and Control Personal Computer (C2PC), Common Data Interchange Format for the Situational Awareness Display (CDIF/SAD), Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), Defense Common Ground Systems (DCGS), and Remote Automated Position Identification System (RAPIDS).
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Michael Coster, Jon Chambers, Michael Winters, and Joe Belesi "SCORPION persistent surveillance system with universal gateway", Proc. SPIE 6963, Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications X, 696307 (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.784436
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Magnetic sensors

Telecommunications

Cameras

Infrared sensors

Imaging systems

Infrared cameras

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