• DocumentCode
    3583710
  • Title

    Sea Owl-a passive identification device for the Royal Navy Lynx helicopter

  • Author

    Young, S. ; Prior, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    GEC Sensors Ltd., Loughton, UK
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    158
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    The authors describe the MOD sponsored Sea Owl system developed by GEC Sensors to satisfy the Royal Navy´s requirements for a passive identification device for the Lynx helicopter. The programme status is outlined and future potential system enhancements are indicated
  • Keywords
    aircraft instrumentation; helicopters; infrared detectors; marine systems; military equipment; pattern recognition; signal processing equipment; GEC Sensors; MOD; Royal Navy Lynx helicopter; Sea Owl system; long range area surveillance; passive identification; ships identification; thermal imaging sensor; turret assembly;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Infrared Detectors and Systems, 1990., Fourth International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-702-7
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    98670