SHOW REPORT
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‘We are Established Globally as a Leader in Air Borne Platforms; With
Proven Expertise in Homeland Security Applications’
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Vice president, government sales and business development, L-3 WESCAM, Paul Jennison
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Vice president, government sales and business development, L-3 WESCAM, Paul Jennison
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Please provide an update on MX series of EO/IR imaging capabilities as well as MX-Sim meant to complement them?
L-3 WESCAM has a coherent product line of stabilised EO/IR surveillance and targeting systems for
use on moving manned and unmanned platforms such as fixed and rotary wing craft. The product line is
scalable in size, performance and price to meet customer platform and operational needs. Current
production products are the MX-20 and MX-20D: MX-15 and MX-15D and MX-10. The number indicates the
diameter of the enclosure, so the MX-10 is a 10” diameter turret. The larger the diameter will
denote higher magnification and provide the operators a longer stand-off distance from targets of
interest. All provide some combination of High Definition digital payloads with Infrared, colour,
short wave and low light cameras. These are augmented with laser payloads such as rangefinders and
IR illuminators. If the product has the ‘D’ suffix it will contain a laser
target designator in order to guide laser sensing ordnance. Our most recent product is an MX-10D
which has just finished shakedown flight trials. It will complete environmental qualification and
enter production in early 2013.
We have launched two products to enable our clients to effectively train and
simulate the experience of operating our EO/IR systems. The first is called |
‘MX-eLearning’ and is a computer-based learning system called for operators to train in the theory and operation of our products that is self paced. The second product is the ‘MX-Sim.’ This provides a full simulation of all existing MX-Series turrets and is operated through the standard Wescam control devices such as mission grips to provide the operator with full tactile feedback. It simulates all MX products, highly portable and provides mission logging and recording for post-simulation analysis. The imagery is very high resolution and the core uses a VBS2 Image Engine. It provides excellent fidelity and has adjustable real world environments from European cities through to arctic or desert terrains.
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