LACOSTE deal for Qinetiq
Qinetiq has secured a $5m research contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in support of its Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and Engage programme.
has secured a two-year $5m research contract from the US
(DARPA) in support of its Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and Engage (LACOSTE) programme.
Qinetiq will investigate using first-of-their-kind sensors, like lensless imaging, to provide persistent tactical surveillance and precision tracking capabilities.
The concept is to develop a suite of sensors that can be operated at high altitude, possibly on an airship or endurance UAV, that detect and simultaneously track large numbers of moving vehicles in dense urban areas with a high degree of accuracy, 24-hours a day. In order to achieve this the sensors need to be high resolution and sensitivity and have a wide field-of-regard and a variable almost instantaneous reconfigurable field of-view.
Qinetiq's lensless imaging solution is the basis of this approach and is a disruptive camera technology with a wide range of defence, security, industrial and commercial applications. Qinetiq is being assisted in delivering the LACOSTE programme by subcontractor Goodrich Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems.
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