[Sentient Vision Systems: Booth # 4C16] – Sentient Vision Systems launches award-winning sensor software products and contract award announcements across the ocean, putting the company in an enviable position to dominate the SAR (Search and Rescue) and Passive ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) markets . Sentient Selects INDO PACIFIC to Launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) ViDAR surface – Next-generation sea observatories that provide day and night autonomous sea surface surveillance.
Using advanced artificial intelligence, ViDAR Surface can autonomously and efficiently detect, track, classify and filter hundreds of objects and help operators focus on targets of interest in normal and high threat scenarios. This scalable and cost-effective solution is available in standalone pods. Designed for real-time situational awareness, ViDAR Surface is capable of detecting ships, stealth boats, swarms of small boats, buoys, people in the water and aircraft. It can be deployed with a range of shore-based and offshore surface platforms, whether manned or unmanned.
According to Paul Harris, Director of Business Development at Sentient Vision Systems, “In the case of ViDAR Surface, our heavyweight investment in R&D has supported continued contract awards, customer demonstrations”, which has kept the Melbourne-based innovator on track for growth market leadership and its share of those markets.
“We are determined to continue to be a key driver of this technology set and its various applications in the civilian and defense markets,” Harris added.
Flagship products include Kestrel software for land and sea surveillance and ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging), the world’s first passive LiDAR.
Major recent ViDAR milestones include:
- He was elected A$2.1 million Australian Government grant Established a sovereign in-house manufacturing facility for its world-leading ViDAR search and surveillance pod. Sentient Grant selected by Australian Government Department of Industrial Science Energy and Resources (DISER) Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) translation flow. Once implemented, it will enable mass production of the company’s ViDAR pods in Australia for Australian and export customers. “Winning this grant is an important step for Sentient Vision Systems,” said Dr. Paul Boxer, Managing Director and Founder of Sentient Vision Systems. “We have been developing software-based AI surveillance systems for nearly two decades. We will soon be able to mass-produce our own hardware while maintaining control over quality and supply for critical surveillance and security tasks.”
- Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard: ViDAR will be integrated on new leased helicopters and existing patrol aircraft for aerial reconnaissance and search and rescue missions.Canadian company par aerospace ltd. and the Dutch jet support corp.., will advance the extension of the contract for the Dash-8 patrol aircraft.Two new SAR helicopters to be delivered from the UK Bristol Helicopters LtdThrough these two contracts, the Coast Guard will future-proof aircraft for the next decade with high-quality sensors and communications centered on Sentient solutions.
- Sentient Vision Systems has been selected for Foreign Comparative Technology (FCT) testing S. Department of Defense ViDAR marine system available for integration and evaluation United States Marine Corps (USMC). The ViDAR system will be used for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions and integrated into medium-altitude long-range unmanned aerial systems operated by the U.S. Marine Corps. It will be used to gather intelligence and enhance situational awareness during amphibious operations.
- Announced at Dubai Airshow, UAE showcased as world launch pad ViDAR SCAR (Self-Contained Aerial Reconnaissance) Pod First launch of the AW-139 day/night pod. The UAE, in partnership with Austria-based Airborne Technologies GmbH and Phoenix Aerospace, a UAE-UK aircraft integration specialist, was selected as the Centre of Excellence for Airborne AI Sensors for Aircraft Integration.
- In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Austrian aircraft manufacturer’s Special Mission Aircraft Division diamond plane A series of new surveillance and search and rescue (SAR) capabilities have been demonstrated based on its DA42 twin-engine light aircraft, the DA42 MPP. Remarkably, in the demonstration program off the Belgian coast, the aircraft was tasked within a very short time to perform a real-time SAR mission in the North Sea to rescue 24 migrants who had been adrift for 48 hours, and it was successful and very successful. Mission accomplished. Rapidly. Much of its success is due to its sensor payloads, including the ViDAR VMS-5 surveillance pod.
Helicopter General Contractor and Mission Systems Integrator lockheed martin Some of the top aspects of ViDAR have been integrated into the MH-60R as a prototype to demonstrate this cutting-edge Australian capability. Lockheed Martin will work with Sentient to explore and further develop the capabilities of the ViDAR system. A successful trial saw this Australian ISR system integrated with the sensor suite on the MH-60R Seahawk, also operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
“Backed by the recent $2.1 Australian Sovereign MMI Granted, Sentient has strong domestic manufacturing capabilities, enhanced by strong relationships such as integration and MRO with international aviation partners in North America, Europe and the Middle East,” added Paul Harris.
