SES tactical persistent surveillance

SES tactical persistent surveillance is a fully integrated portable surveillance and communications system, designed to provide enhanced situational awareness for border security, special event monitoring and disaster response missions around the world.

The modular platform is based on lighter-than-air (LTA) inflatable aerostat technology, which hosts a variety of electro-optical (E/O) sensor and communications payload options at altitudes up to 305 m.

The sensor payload can transmit or backhaul ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) video and data via satellite to a centralised monitoring and control centre using small-aperture and quick-deploy flyaway Ku-band antennas. It enables security, military defence and first responder teams to monitor areas on demand to detect, locate, characterise, identify and track people, objects and potential threats up to 5 km away.

As part of its modular and multifaceted design, the product can incorporate MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) radio technology and provide a mobile ad hoc communications network with 3G, 4G, LTE or WIMAX broadband connectivity up to 32 km from an E/O sensor in areas where infrastructure is non-existent or destroyed.

Satellite-delivered IP service is also an option within the MIMO coverage area, enabling any IP-enabled device to support a broad range of field applications, including video streaming, voice, internet and remote mission-critical applications such as biometric identification.