Mobile surveillance units (MSU) for border protection of the enlarged economic union

Christopher Crandon

doi:10.1117/12.578199

6 December 2004 Mobile surveillance units (MSU) for border protection of the enlarged economic union

Christopher Crandon

Proceedings Volume 5612, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578199
Event: European Symposium on Optics and Photonics for Defence and Security, 2004, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

During the last 12 years the European Union (EU) has financed the new member applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparation for joining the EU. Based on this enlargement of the EU, funding for Cross Border Protection has been made available from the overall infrastructure improvement budget. Border protection was required in areas where border conflicts had taken place and to limit Illegal Immigration (II) and smuggling. After 9/11/2001, defence against terrorist activities will no doubt be added to the requirement. This paper describes the approach taken in the design of the latest "containerised" police and para military Mobile Surveillance Units (MSUs). This approach may also be considered for Homeland Security initiatives. These MSU's utilise standard road vehicles, and off-road variants, converted to use high performance military thermal imagers, such as SiGMA. In future the current, in service, MSUs will require increased sensor integration and networking to cover land and coastal borders. The underlying key is affordability for the police and para-military markets whilst retaining the highest performance derived from the latest SFPA military standard thermal imagers.

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Christopher Crandon "Mobile surveillance units (MSU) for border protection of the enlarged economic union", Proc. SPIE 5612, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications, (6 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578199

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