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Sentient Successfully Demos Desert Owl Software Suite

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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Australian-based Sentient yesterday said it successfully demonstrated its Desert Owl, a software solution that automatically indicates movement and changes in electro-optical (EO) full motion video (FMV) imagery captured by ground vehicles. Developed as part of the Australian Defence’s Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program (CTD), Desert Owl addresses two distinct defense capability requirements: moving target indication (MTI) and ground change detection (GCD). “Desert Owl adds unique capabilities to ADF vehicles,” said Paul Boxer, managing director at Sentient Vision Systems, in a…

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