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TORNADO-ER

Also known as
  • Tornado-ER
  • Tornado ER
  • TORNADO-ER/400

TORNADO-ER es el escaner infrarrojo panoramico pasivo de Controp Precision Technologies para vigilancia costera y maritima de area amplia. Informes publicos describen un sistema de camaras duales MWIR que detecta y sigue automaticamente blancos maritimos en movimiento, actualiza una imagen panoramica de 360 grados en segundos y puede orientar sistemas de observacion de la familia SPEED para una identificacion mas cercana.

Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
Israel
Type
Sistema panoramico IR de vigilancia maritima y deteccion automatica de blancos
Service note
Sistema de vigilancia costera y maritima de la decada de 2010
Designer
Controp Precision Technologies
Designed
Decada de 2010

Specifications

Clase de sistema
Escaner IR panoramico pasivo y detector automatico de blancos maritimos
Conjunto de sensores
Dos camaras infrarrojas de onda media para cobertura panoramica de corto y largo alcance
Actualizacion de barrido
Imagen panoramica de 360 grados actualizada cada 1 a 3 segundos en informes publicos de lanzamiento
Banda de deteccion
Los informes publicos de lanzamiento describen deteccion de blancos desde unos 400 m hasta mas alla de 12 km
Funcion de deteccion
Deteccion automatica y seguimiento multiblanco de nadadores, embarcaciones pequenas, buques y objetos flotantes
Operacion pasiva
Operacion pasiva EO/IR descrita como insensible a interferencias de radiofrecuencia
Integracion
Operacion autonoma o integracion con radar, AIS, sonar, sistemas C2 y sensores de observacion de la familia SPEED
Aplicaciones
Vigilancia costera, seguridad portuaria, monitoreo de trafico de buques, vias navegables, costas, puertos y darsenas
Observation Sensors

Informes publicos de vigilancia maritima describen a TORNADO-ER como el escaner de area amplia y a SPEED-ER como el sensor de observacion de largo alcance usado para investigar blancos tras la orientacion inicial.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
SPEED-ER, Stationary multispectral EO/IR long-range observation system, Electronic WarfareSPEED-ERSensor de observacion EO/IR de largo alcance

EDR Magazine reporto que TORNADO-ER detecta blancos maritimos en movimiento y orienta SPEED-ER para que los operadores puedan examinar los blancos y obtener detalles de ubicacion mas precisos.

Sources: CONTROP Presents TORNADO-ER and SPEED-ER Maritime Suite

Maritime Surveillance Role

Fuentes publicas describen a TORNADO-ER como un sensor de vigilancia costera, no como un arma documentada en conflictos. La funcion respaldada por fuentes es deteccion pasiva de area amplia, seguimiento y orientacion para operadores de seguridad maritima.

Tarea de area amplia

El sistema crea una imagen IR panoramica y sigue automaticamente contactos maritimos en movimiento en entornos costeros o portuarios congestionados.

Tarea de orientacion

EDR Magazine describe a SPEED-ER como el sensor usado para investigar blancos detectados primero por TORNADO-ER.

Opciones de integracion

Ocean News & Technology informo sobre operacion autonoma e integracion con radar, AIS, sonar o sistemas de mando y control.

Paquete VICTOR

El estudio de mercado de DHS de 2024 enumero VICTOR como un paquete de vigilancia maritima de Controp USA que combina Speed ER y Tornado ER.

Timeline

TORNADO-ER Key Events

  1. Se informa el lanzamiento de Tornado-ER

    Shephard informo sobre el lanzamiento de Tornado-ER de Controp USA como un sistema electrooptico de barrido panoramico y deteccion automatica de blancos maritimos.

    Sources: Controp Launches Tornado-ER Infrared System

  2. TORNADO-ER se presenta para vigilancia maritima

    Ocean News & Technology informo sobre la presentacion de TORNADO-ER de Controp en IMDEX 2019 como escaner IR panoramico y sistema automatico de deteccion de blancos maritimos.

    Sources: CONTROP Introduces the TORNADO-ER

  3. TORNADO-ER y SPEED-ER se muestran como suite de vigilancia costera

    EDR Magazine informo sobre la combinacion de TORNADO-ER y SPEED-ER como suite de vigilancia costera y maritima en la que TORNADO-ER detecta blancos y SPEED-ER apoya la observacion mas cercana.

    Sources: CONTROP Presents TORNADO-ER and SPEED-ER Maritime Suite

  4. El paquete VICTOR figura en un estudio de mercado de DHS

    Un estudio de mercado del U.S. Department of Homeland Security enumero el paquete de vigilancia maritima VICTOR de Controp USA como un sistema Speed ER mas Tornado ER.

    Sources: Maritime Surveillance Technologies Market Survey Report

Related Weapon Systems
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EO/IR Pod, Electro-optical/infrared airborne sensor pod, Support EquipmentSupport EquipmentEO/IR PodElectro-optical/infrared airborne sensor podEO/IR Pod is a support-equipment entry for airborne electro-optical and infrared sensor pods used to find, track, and designate targets from aircraft and UAVs. The page centers on source-backed examples: Canadian WESCAM sensors assessed on Turkish UAVs in Nagorno-Karabakh, Libya, and Syria; Aero's L-39 Skyfox mission fit showing an EO/IR pod; and the U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J's nose-mounted EO/IR pod. Because carrier publications often name the function rather than a specific model, the relationship notes separate identified WESCAM MX-series evidence from generic EO/IR-pod references.
TD-STAMP, Lightweight tri-sensor EO/IR payload with laser designator, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsTD-STAMPLightweight tri-sensor EO/IR payload with laser designatorTD-STAMP is Controp Precision Technologies' Israeli lightweight tri-sensor EO/IR payload for small UAS and VTOL aircraft. Public 2011 launch coverage described a gyro-stabilized payload of about 5 kg with a CCD/day channel, cooled FLIR, and laser designator for compact surveillance and target-designation missions; later reporting places it within Controp's broader STAMP miniature-payload family rather than proving independent conflict use.
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F-35 Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS), Internally mounted electro-optical targeting sensor subsystem, Support EquipmentSupport EquipmentF-35 Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS)Internally mounted electro-optical targeting sensor subsystemThe F-35 Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS) is the AN/AAQ-40 sensor installation built into the F-35 Lightning II for precision air-to-air and air-to-surface targeting. Lockheed Martin describes it as a low-observable, internally mounted system that combines forward-looking infrared and infrared-search-and-track functions, and Janes reported F-35I EOTS footage from an Israeli cruise-missile interception during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.

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