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What was the specs of it?ASELSAN MEROPS
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Why? What has Hensoldt anything to do with this?
Whenever I hear about denel only thing that comes in my mind is joint development and tech proliferation lol.Hensoldt SA is owned in part by Denel ;-)
Aselsan and Denel cooperating on MEROPS gimbal - defenceWeb
On the Turkish Pavilion at Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2022 Aselsan is showing its ‘MEROPS’ next generation air surveillance and targeting gimbal sight. The MEROPS (Multi-spectral Extended Range Optical Sight) system was displayed for the first time in June at the Eurosatory exhibition in...www.defenceweb.co.za
The MEROPS system was specifically designed for extreme combat situations, particularly in low light and the difficult light encountered at dawn and dusk. Among the roles envisaged for MEROPS are medium to long range observation and reconnaissance, pointing, area illumination and target designation at medium altitude.
The sight incorporates the latest in image processing technologies, including traditional image enhancement, as well as the latest in machine vision and AI based algorithms. Its mission enhancement capabilities include moving target identification, isotherms, false colour identification and threat identification.
The MEROPS is a self-contained single LRU (line-replacement unit) with quick-release connections. Payloads can be exchanged without calibration. Electronic bore-sighting is done before a mission, and it boasts an embedded web server for setup, control, and maintenance. According to Kobus Coetzee, ASA’s Engineering Manager, the MEROPS is easy to maintain.
Its next-generation software functionality includes multi-target auto-tracking with target re-acquisition, artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection classification and background automatic see-spot detection. The MEROPS operates at temperatures from -40°C to 70°C.
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This is waay above my expectations. It's so beyond the horizon, I'm almost tempted to discard it. I don't know any EOTS system that can give the above specs. Even MX-25 falls short of this. And this only weighs 50 kg? Additional question. Why do they call the daylight camera or NIR camera HD? 2 Megapixels is enough to qualify as Full-HD whereas the beast above features 4096x4096 pixels camera which makes about 16.7 Megapixels!
Does HENSOLDT South Africa have the power to sell the technology to Aselsan without referring to the German government?