Patrol Boats Are Getting New Type of Sensors
The U.S. has been enhancing the nighttime operational capabilities of its Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats. Long-range electro-optical sensor designers at FLIR Systems are building additional maritime thermal imaging sensors for that purpose. Officials of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind., announced a $10.7 million order to FLIR for the Patrol Boat Electro-Optics System (PB-EOS).
The primary mission of the PB-EOS is to provide enhanced visual imagery to augment existing electronic sensors.
The PB-EOS are designed to enhance low-visibility and night navigation; maritime interception; coastal observation and surveillance; insertion and extraction operations; visit, board, search, and seizure operations; combat search and rescue; identification friend or foe; real-time situational awareness and threat warning; reconnaissance and surveillance; and documenting navigational hazards, according to militaryaerospace.com.
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