MEDUSA

MEDUSA

MEDUSA

Product catalog summary
Overview
The MEDUSA system is designed for advanced data acquisition and processing in airborne maritime surveillance. It integrates multiple remote sensors and mission system components into a user-friendly, network-based framework. It supports applications such as maritime surveillance, oil spill monitoring, EEZ protection, and more.

Applications
  • Airborne maritime surveillance
  • Oil spill monitoring
  • EEZ protection
  • Border and fishery patrol
  • Hydrographic monitoring

Features
  • Mission planning and real-time sensor data display
  • Immediate post-overpass analysis
  • Support for various remote sensors
  • Marine pollution classification and automated scene analysis
  • Geo-referencing and GIS capability
  • In-flight and ground processing
  • Redundant data storage and AIS support

System Components
  • MEDUSA Network: Incorporates various remote sensors like cameras, radar, and lidar systems.
  • MEDUSA Software Suite: Controls sensors, visualizes data in real-time, and processes data post-overpass. It includes tools for data analysis, mission planning, and pollution classification.

Advanced Sensors
  • OPTIMARE SLAR: X-band radar for mapping sea surfaces, supporting situational awareness.
  • EO/IR Devices: Used for identification and documentation, providing multi-channel data.
  • IR/UV Line Scanner: Maps oil spills, integrated with MEDUSA.
  • VIS Line Scanner: Acquires high-resolution geo-referenced images.
  • MWR-P: Microwave radiometer for oil spill analysis.
  • LFS-P: Laser fluorosensor for marine pollution classification.

Software Tools
  • OSSAS: Analyzes oil spill data, creating composite thickness maps and thematic maps.
  • Electronic Navigational Chart System: Aids navigation and tactical assessment with chart displays and mission planning tools.

Communication and Integration
  • Supports AIS, maritime VHF radio, and SATCOM for communication and data relay.
  • Integrates with various mission system components for comprehensive surveillance capabilities.

Ground Segment
The ground segment supports post-processing, archiving, and distribution of mission data, featuring a web-based GIS service for data access and distribution.

Contact Information
OPTIMARE Systems GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany. For further information, contact via email at [email protected] or visit www.optimare.de.
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Catalog excerpts

MEDUSA-1

MEDUSA Your mission system for airborne maritime surveillance

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MEDUSA Advanced Data Acquisition and Processing for Airborne Maritime Surveillance APPLICATION • • • • • • irborne maritime surveillance A irborne oil spill monitoring A EZ protection E order patrol B Fishery patrol ydrographic monitoring H ission planning M eal-time display of sensor data R mmediate post-overpass analysis I upport of any remote sensor S lassiication of marine pollution C utomated scene analysis A omputer-aided report creation C eo-referencing and GIS capability G n-light and ground processing I isplay of electronic charts D edundant storage R IS support A The MEDUSA System allows...

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MEDUSA-3

Cockpit monitor MultiFunction Operator Console Mission Data base One of two German maritime surveillance aircrat of Do228 type. The aircrat carries OPTIMARE’s MEDUSA system in stand-alone coniguration. Central Mission Computer Video signals Mission Display Unit Network Switch Central Interface Unit The MEDUSA System can incorporate any type of remote sensor, like for example electro-optical scanners, cameras, radar systems, infrared imagers, lidar systems, and imaging radiometers. Moreover, other mission system components like AIS, Direction Finder and communication systems are integrable as...

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Depending on the respective MEDUSA coniguration the sotware suite includes basic functionalities, but also advanced and more specialized capabilities like - mission planning - display of electronic charts - classiication of marine pollution based on laser luorosensor data - measurement of oil thickness and volume based on microwave radiometer data - computer-aided creation of pollution reports The automated interpretation and fusion of multi-source pollution data solves a general diiculty: the use of multisensor systems is oten associated with the problem that the system operator is subject to...

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Portuguese maritime surveillance aircrat of Casa C-295 type equipped with OPTIMARE’s MEDUSA system as a subsystem of the EADS FITS system (Photograph courtesy of AIRBUS MILITARY). Mission system components A mission system suite encompasses a customized set of sensors and auxiliary mission system components. This includes units for sensing, processing and communication. Mission system control as well as real-time visualization and post-processing of sensor data are performed by means of the MEDUSA Sotware Suite. The sotware is part of the central mission computer. Side-looking Airborne Radar...

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MEDUSA-6

A 60° free rotatable and gyro stabilized turret contains cameras delivering video data from the infrared and visible spectrum. The EO/IR system allows a precise search in narrow ield of view. The various functions of the FLIR like zoom, azimuth and elevation line of sight are either controlled by means of a system control unit or by slaving to another sensor. Search Radar The 60° Search Radar is a sensor for conducting missions like marine surveillance, ishery patrol, border patrol, and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) protection. The Search Radar is fully integrated with the data management and...

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MEDUSA-7

Camera Systems Advanced Oil Spill Sensors The MEDUSA System supports various types of still and video cameras. Image and video data are automatically geo- and time-referenced and stored together with other types of mission metadata in the recording system. Besides the imaging sensors of type SLAR, IR/UV Line Scanner and VIS Line Scanner OPTIMARE ofers the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) and the Laser Fluorosensor. These sensors are used for advance oil spill monitoring. MWR-P The ultra-compact MWR-P is OPTIMARE´s third generation microwave radiometer for day & night airborne analysis of oil spills....

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For further information on the MEDUSA System you are welcome to contact us. OPTIMARE Systems GmbH Fischkai 1 27572 Bremerhaven Germany Tel +49 471 48361-0 Fax +49 471 48361-11 [email protected] www.optimare.de January 2017 Subject to technical changes and misprints

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