An Australian-developed innovative intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system has been selected by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, to undergo a testing and development program. Melbourne-based Sentient Vision Systems (Sentient) has been awarded a contract to further test and develop the ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) system that could see Australian capability integrated with the sensor suites on the MH-60R Seahawk.
Lockheed Martin will work with Sentient to evolve the capability of the ViDAR system, which is a persistent wide area motion imaging (WAMI) system, designed to autonomously detect, geo-locate, track and classify objects over vast areas of terrain below an aircraft or UAS.
Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand chief executive Joe North congratulated Sentient on the development of the cutting-edge ViDAR system as an illustration of the strength and resilience of Australia’s sovereign defence industry capability, which underpins the company’s approach to growing Australian sovereign industrial capability....MORE
