CHELMSFORD, Mass., 13 Jan. 2012. The Mercury Federal Systems subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY), a provider of commercially developed, application-ready intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) subsystems, provided its onboard real-time image processing and storage subsystems to the Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) for the U.S. Air Force’s Gorgon Stare (GS) persistent surveillance system, currently deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom. The Air Force’s Gorgon Stare wide-area persistent surveillance system, developed by the SNC-led industry team under the Air Force/Big Safari rapid acquisition program, has been flying operational missions since April 2011. Hosted on an Air Force/General Atomics long-dwell MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle (UAV), each GS orbit provides uninterrupted, 24/7 visible and IR coverage of city-sized areas, providing real-time motion video directly to theater and tactical forces engaged in operations. The entire mission data set, recorded onboard the aircraft in machine-lossless format, is provided post-mission for live, long-term archiving and discovery, as well as additional current exploitation. “The Air Force required a long-dwell, multi-sensor system that could support numerous, simultaneous surveillance missions, providing real-time support to ground forces and forensic information to analysts. Equally important was how quickly the system could deploy for operations,” explains David Bullock, vice president, ISR Persistent Surveillance, Sierra Nevada Corp. “Mercury’s renowned expertise in […]
U.S. Air Force’s Gorgon Stare wide-area persistent surveillance system taps mercury federal systems onboard, real-time processing technology
U.S. Air Force’s Gorgon Stare wide-area persistent surveillance system taps mercury federal systems onboard, real-time processing technology
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