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Army

Sentient Target Detection Systems Part of Australian Army Tactical UAV Project

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

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Australian firm Sentient Vision Systems yesterday said its automated target detection solution--Kestrel Land MTI--will actively support the TUAV systems in their surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition missions. Under the Defence Capability Plan Joint Project (JP) 129 Phase 2, the Australian Army is acquiring two complete Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems. Operated by the 20 Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Regiment, Kestrel Land MTI will assist Australian forces in analyzing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) imagery from the AAI UAS…

Congress

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Army

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