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  • Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System

    Sentient and the U.S. Coast Guard have tested a company-built airborne maritime search and surveillance system during a live demonstration conducted off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The Visual Detection and Ranging system trial aimed to highlight the system’s capacity to detect objects at a distance and was part of the Coast Guard’s assessment of small UAS technologies and sensors, Sentient said Sept. 29. The company demonstrated […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu to Equip ScanEagle UAS with Maritime Surveillance Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu to Equip ScanEagle UAS with Maritime Surveillance Tech

    Boeing subsidiary Insitu has partnered with Hood Technologies and Sentient to integrate maritime detection technology into Insitu-built small unmanned aerial systems such as the ScanEagle UAS. Insitu said Tuesday it aims to equip its ScanEagle with the Visual Detection and Ranging system that is designed to scan the ocean in a 180-degree arc around the front of a drone. The ViDAR software — developed by Sentient’s vision systems business – works to […] More