Alticam Vision announces production of NanoSAR turrets and carbon fiber nose domes for Insitu.

Hood River, Oregon, April 23, 2010

The Alticam Vision, Inc announced today the production of turrets and carbon fiber nose domes for NanoSAR, a tactical-level, synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) payload, for Insitu's ScanEagle dual bay unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

The NanoSAR payload module provides high-resolution imagery that can penetrate adverse weather conditions, battlefield obscurants, camouflage and light foliage, allowing radar-enabled area searches over land and sea.  Manmade objects appear bright in imagery even in the worst atmospheric conditions. Like traditional radar, SAR uses echo waveforms to resolve targets. A radar pulse is emitted and the echo of that pulse is used to detect objects and to identify range. Multiple radar returns are then used to create high-resolution imagery.

"Warfighters now have an enhanced capability to identify and locate threats, which will save the lives of U.S. and allied forces," said Insitu Chief Technology Officer Charlie Guthrie. "This technology will allow mission commanders to own and control SAR assets at the tactical level."

Alticam Vision designs and builds many unmanned aircraft (UA) intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets including electro-optic cameras, infrared sensors, laser markers, laser designators and customer-specified payloads while maintaining the light weight and low power requirements that allow long endurance.

The NanoSAR payload uses a similar Alticam Vision turret to the rest of ScanEagle's payloads and can therefore be integrated into ScanEagle dual-bay UA in the field without changing current ground control station hardware or support equipment.

Alticam Vision has been working with Insitu and ImSAR LLC for over 12 months in the development of NanoSAR.

The Alticam Vision, Inc, located in Hood River, Oregon, designs, builds, and sells stabilized turrets that incorporate electro-optical cameras, infrared imagers, laser markers and designators, and many other sensor payloads.  Alticam Vision(tm) imaging systems offer sophisticated capacities developed to address a full range of military and civilian needs. The systems can accurately lock onto a target and carefully observe it while mounted to a constantly moving, high performance platform. To date, these Alticam Vision systems have accumulated more than 290,000 operational flight hours and 35,000 sorties. For more information, visit www.Alticamvision.com