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QinetiQ’s OptaSense Border provides costeffective, stand off high fidelity intruder detection, classification and location for up to 40km sections of perimeters and borders.
Its fibre-optic cable is suitable for burial along perimeters and borders in complex terrain, sensing all intruder activity within the vicinity. |
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OptaSense Border can be enhanced with the inclusion of sensor arrays including accelerometers and microphones to monitor multiple, diverse terrains from a single central processing unit.
OptaSense Border can be integrated into existing Command and Control systems including CCTV installations to allow operators to zoom into areas of disturbance for visual verification.
OptaSense Border’s three modes of classification detects the location of people up to 5 m from a fence or pipe. Vehicles can be identified up to 20m away. |
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Reduced costs
OptaSense Border reduces equipment maintenance costs and manpower through use of state-of-the-art fibre-optic technology.
High reliability, high availability
Buried all-fibre sensor construction offers improved reliability, reduced risk of damage and low time to repair.
Covert detection
Entirely passive sensing from buried all-fibre arrays provides highly effective covert detection.
Sensitivity
High acoustic bandwidth ensures that all movements are effectively classified though powerful algorithms. Extensive acoustic libraries ensures that even stealth walking designed to beat the system is rapidly picked up and flagged to the operator.
Effective target classification
Extensive local calibration provides a high target classification capability from up to 40m from the array, with the added ability to detect movement in the sky above and tunnel activity below.
Low false alarm rates
Certainty of intrusion detection through high performance classification is optimised as a result of the large bandwidth and dynamic range capability of the system.
Counter attack immunity
Fibre-optic arrays are totally immune from counter attack techniques employing electromagnetic interference.
Rapid, low-cost deployment
Light-weight sensor cable ensures portability and enables rapid deployment.
Excellent positional resolution
Powerful multiplexing architectures available with OptaSense Border ensure that a dense zone resolution can be achieved along borders many kilometres in length.
Remote Sensing
Remote access and control allows the sensors to operate on vulnerable unmanned sites. |
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Implementation Requirements
Cobalt Sensor Unit
The Cobalt sensor unit comprises COTS based components, configured to be either rack mounted [standard 19 inches] or free-standing.
Installation is straightforward requiring three connections to (1) a mains power supply [standard IEC connector], (2) the sense fibre [standard ST, or other fibre connector], and (3) a network connection [standard RJ45 connector].
User Interface
Cobalt’s user interface is independent [with the ability to integrate into a variety of customer specified Command and Control systems] QinetiQ’s supplied user interface is supported by standard PC based platforms. The user interface PC connects either directly to the Cobalt sensor unit, or can be connected via the internet or a
private network. A well-defined communications protocol allows other security products and alarm enunciators to easily interface with cobalt. |
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Trials
An evaluation unit is available on application.
Our test site is located in Worcestershire. Please contact us for a detailed demonstration of OptaSense capabilities.
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