There are three fundamental areas of the mission payload solution, that being the sensor system, the geo referenced mapping system and your air/ground communications system:

Military grade sensor systems have found their way onto airborne law enforcement aircraft, their ever increasing capabilities providing situational awareness which prior to their arrival was simply not available in a cost effective manner. Each new generation of equipment seems to provide more capability at ever reducing costs and weight. Your sensor system is the heart of your mission payload, you must provide quality imagery for your flight crews to be effective.

Air Bear continually evaluates current technology and can make recommendations which match your needs and just as importantly, budget. If something isn’t going to work out well for you, we’ll tell you up front. If something may be a bit outside of your budget constraints, then we may suggest municipal financing (which we can arrange) or a contract surveillance arrangement.

Our experience is that the L3 MX-10 (low altitude) and MX-15 (medium altitude) or the FLIR offerings of the 380HD and the recently released 380HDc (with its smaller form factor) are excellent choices for fixed wing surveillance activities. An exciting new offering by Trakka Systems, the TC-300 is a 12” gimbal which shows great promise. Dependent upon altitude anticipated and slant range distance required, one of these excellent choices will deliver the appropriate information to allow your airborne units to be at their highest level of effectiveness.

There are a host of other OEM’s developing sensor technology. As they become available, we will be keeping abreast of their capabilities and performance and will be recommending those that meet and exceed the standards necessary to support your mission requirements.

Bringing crime into the cockpit, then relaying real time situational information to your ground units. That’s the name of the game in airborne law enforcement. In order to accomplish this task, the right tactics and the proper equipment must be in place. The sensor system is the first part of the solution. The second is how your TFO’s process that data and turn it into useful information to relay to your ground units. A digital mapping system, otherwise referred to as augmented reality, automatically provides street and landmark overlays for the TFO to reference is the next step in an effective surveillance solution. This allows the TFO to quickly and accurately relay the information to ground units, while maintaining full situational awareness. Your communications are likely similar to other agencies requirements, yet unique to your environment. We will work with you to define your communications systems to address your requirements.