What is persistent surveillance?

A collection strategy that emphasizes the ability of some collection systems to linger on demand in an area to detect, locate, characterize, identify, track, target, and possibly provide battle damage assessment and re-targeting in near or real-time.

What is wide area surveillance?

Wide area surveillance covers both hard-target detection (e.g., ships, aircrafts) and environmental monitoring, namely currents, waves, and tsunamis (echoes from the sea). …

Who owns persistent surveillance systems?

Ross McNutt
This system is an update of one originally designed for the Air Force, which was used in Iraq to provide aerial intelligence to Marines as they rolled into Fallujah, says Ross McNutt, founder and president of Persistent Surveillance Systems.

Where was wide area surveillance first deployed?

There he and his team designed and built Project Angel Fire, the first wide area surveillance system which deployed in support of the Marine Corps in Fallujah, Iraq and four years in Afghanistan. Project Angel Fire received many Air Force level awards for innovation.

Who is Ross McNutt?

Ross McNutt, a former air-force engineer, founded Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) to offer the same service to American cities (and others, such as Juárez) struggling with high murder rates. PSS drones flew over parts of Baltimore, most recently in May-October 2020.

Is there a real Argus?

The ARGUS-IS, or the Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System, is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project contracted to BAE Systems. ARGUS is only one form of Wide Area Persistent Surveillance.

What does Argus stand for Arrow?

Advanced Research Group United Support
In this continuity, A.R.G.U.S. stands for Advanced Research Group United Support, and its core members are Amanda Waller and Lyla Michaels: A.R.G.U.S. is first seen in Arrow, where the agency has a major presence in every season.

What is Argus Percy Jackson?

Argus is a one hundred-eyed giant, who acts as a security guard who serves to the Olympians. He currently works at Camp Half-Blood, often riding the demigod heroes to quests. He does not talk much, for it is said that he has an eye on his tongue, and does not want to show it.

Can the Argo 2 fly?

The Argo II is a flying Greek trireme (that could also sail if the aerial controls are damaged) built by the Hephaestus’ Cabin for the journey of the seven demigods of the Prophecy of Seven to Greece.

What kind of surveillance system is the Argus?

ARGUS is a form of wide-area persistent surveillance system that allows for one camera to provide such detailed video that users can collect “pattern-of-life” data and track individual people inside the footage anywhere within the field of regard.

What are the benefits of a surveillance system?

Our goal is to provide the tools that help make our families, our neighborhoods, and our communities safer places to live and work. We do that by creating systems that monitor the environment, respond to natural and man-made disasters, and provide help to public safety personnel to reduce crime and other community issues that impact our lives.

What kind of surveillance systems does PSS build?

PSS designs and builds turn-key Wide Area Surveillance systems for domestic and international markets. ​In business since 2007, PSS builds systems that work in stand-alone mode or integrated wtih your existing systems. PSS builds highly configurable systems to meet your airborne and ground based Wide Area Surveillance mission requirements.

How are wide area imaging systems make the world safer?

Every day, our passionate and driven teams are working to make our world safer by bringing the most innovative Wide Area imaging systems to the marketplace. Our goal is to provide the tools that help make our families, our neighborhoods, and our communities safer places to live and work.