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Sentient, ScanEagle Demonstrate Real-Time Vision System Sensors

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Friday, August 27th, 2010

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Sentient, Australian specialist in computer vision technology collaborating with Boeing [BA] subsidiary Insitu Pacific, has successfully demonstrated and deployed Kestrel, a real-time vision system for EO/IR sensors, with the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Since 2006 the ScanEagle UAS has delivered tactical aerial reconnaissance support to Australian land forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Kestrel brings the capability to analyze live ScanEagle imagery from the battlefield into both, the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) and Remote Video Terminal (RVT)," said Paul Boxer,…

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