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Low Profile BGAN For Covert Surveillance
Low Profile BGAN A deployable, hidden BGAN terminal designed for covert surveillance operations Low Profile Ruggedised BGAN A deployable, hidden BGANRuggedised terminal designed for covertBGAN surveillance operations Low Profile
Successful surveillance maximizes your situational awareness while minimizing your use of resources, allowing you to maintain your distance yet still be able to interpret, deter and control illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking in drug and arms. Borders that are not effectively secured make a country more vulnerable to terrorism and organized crime. Successfulmany surveillance maximises your situational awareness whilst minimising your useremote of resources, allowing you to However, countries have land borders that extend thousands miles, through and inhospitable terrain. A deployable, hidden BGAN terminal designed forofcovert surveillance operations maintain your distance yet still be able to interpret , deter and control illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking in drugs Successful surveillance maximises your situational awareness whilst minimising your use of resources, allowing you to and arms. Inmarsat’s Borders that are notGlobal effectively secured make a country vulnerable to terrorism and organised crime. Combining Broadband of currently available futuremore surveillance Key Features maintain your distance yet still be able to interpret , deter and control illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking in drugs However, many countries that extend thousands of miles, through remote and inhospitable terrain. Area Network (BGAN) servicehave with aland lay-borders hardware and adds another dimension of Military level environmental and ingress and arms. Borders that are not effectively secured make a country more vulnerable to terrorism and organised crime. flat rapidly deployable antenna delivers connectivity into existing systems. protection Combining Inmarsat’s BGAN service with The BGAN globalthousands satellite communications However, many countries have landa borders that extend of miles, through Key remote and inhospitable terrain. an innovative, remote capability allowing Features lay-flat rapidly deployable antenna delivers unmanned, concealed surveillance.
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The BGAN global satellite communication network is delivered using the I-4 network is global delivered usingand thea Inmarsat-4 constellation of satellites The BGAN satellite communications constellation ofterrestrial satellites andI-4 a BGAN comprehensive network. network is delivered using the comprehensive terrestrial network. BGAN delivers standard and streaming constellation of satellites and a IP and ISDN through a terrestrial range small, rugged and delivers standard andof streaming IPBGAN and comprehensive network. easy-to-operate terminals. BGAN provides delivers standard and streaming IP and ISDN through a range of small, rugged and coverage everywhere in world except ISDN through a range ofthe small, rugged and easy-to-operate terminals. BGAN provides for the poles and is ideally suited toprovides remote easy-to-operate terminals. BGAN coverage everywhere in the world except surveillance operating in tough environments. coverage everywhere in the world except for the poles and is ideally suited to remote for the polesoperating and is ideally suited to remote surveillance in tough environments. surveillance operating in tough environments.
High-speed data rates capable of > Military level environmental and Key Features securely streaming real-time video, ingress protection.
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> Excellent coverage in all types of > Highly Covert, silent solution prevents reliable terrain detection
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The Challenge
The high demand for up-to-the-minute information has never been greater for The Challenge U.S. government users. The high demand for up toNew the threats minute and risks to national security all the information has never beenarise greater for time and the expectation to maintain governments. New threats and risks to significant intelligence, in postnational security arise all even the time and the expectation to maintain conflict zones, has becomesignificant the norm. intelligence, even in post-conflict zones, One important government response has has become the norm. One important been to increase Information, Surveillance government response has been to and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability. increase Information, Surveillance and Investment in this area can significantly Reconnaissance capability. Investment in improve situational awareness. However, this area can significantly improve situational serious issues remain in how to access awareness. However, serious issues remain in and connect to surveillance systems in how to access and connect to surveillance hostile Improved systemsorinremote hostile areas. or remote areas.imagery, Improved sensors video analytics significantly imagery, and sensors and video analytics enhance government capability– allowing significantly enhance government capability unprecedented levels of Pattern Life – allowing unprecedented levels ofof Pattern analysis. Information from afrom range of of Life analysis. Information a range of different sources canbebecombined, combined,and and different sources can intelligent algorithms can identify high-risk targets and activities against a background of clutter and routine traffic. Data coming
Low Profile BGAN
The LPB is Inmarsat’s unique surveillance Low Profile Ruggedised terminal. A rapid-to-deploy, coverable, BGAN covert antenna allowing the user to bury The antenna Low Profile Ruggedised BGAN (LPRB) the under a layer of material yet is Inmarsat’s unique surveillance terminal. maintain connectivity is combined with A rapid-to-deploy, coverable, covert antenna a toughened, remotely operated BGAN allowing the user to bury the antenna terminal providing broadband data rates. under a layer of material yet maintain This capability allows thewith terminal, when connectivity is combined a toughened, fitted to triggers and surveillance remotely operated BGAN terminalhardware, providing to lay dormant by a network broadband datauntil rates.awoken This capability allows command from the command center the terminal, when fitted to triggers and or triggered into action by in the surveillance hardware, to an lay event dormant until awoken by aattached network command fromaudio, the field. When to movement, command centre orsensors, triggereditinto action infrared and radar allows eyes by anears event the field. When attached and onin the ground without any of to the movement, audio, infrared andhaving radar hidden sensors risk or resource demand that it allows eyes and ears entails. on the ground without manned surveillance The LPB any of the risk or resource demand that meets end user operational requirements having hidden manned surveillance entails. and is ideal for fixed land, static vehicle and The LPRB meets end user operational rapid deployment connectivity. Compatible requirements and is ideal for fixed land, static with a wide government furnished vehicle andrange rapid of deployment connectivity. Compatible with a wide range of government furnished equipment, the LPRB is designed
targets and activities against a background of clutter and routine traffic. Data coming from visual and andthermal thermalimaging imagingand and from visual radar, radar, sent from static, mobile or sent from static, mobile or airborneairborne platforms, platforms, can befused instantly fused to provide can be instantly to provide a detailed aunderstanding detailed understanding ofof events. All of of events. All this however, this, however, is when only possible decision is only possible decisionwhen makers are connected the eventsto inthe real-time a makers areto connected eventswith in real resilient platform able to time withcommunications a resilient communication platform withstand high datahigh-data demand and extreme able to withstand demand and operational environments. extreme operational environments.
The Solution
Remote, unconnected areas powerRemote, unconnected areas andand power hungry surveillance surveillancedevices devicesare areaaconstant constant hindrance to hindrance toremote remotesurveillance. surveillance.Periods Periods surveillance can regular of surveillance canbe belengthy lengthyand and regular access to area is often not not a a access tothe thetarget target area is often possibility. Terrestrial possibility. Terrestrialcommutations networks cancan bebe unreliable, insecure meet unreliable, insecureand andinsufficient insufficienttoto meet operational demands. Furthermore, hardoperational demands. Furthermore, hardwired systems are susceptible to power cuts wired systems are susceptible to power cuts and interference. and interference.
Inmarsat continuously communications links. invests in growing its capabilities as the demand for bandwidth Inmarsat continuously invests in growing its increases. Our network programs meet capabilities as the demand for bandwidth today’s needs, while preparing to equip the increases. Ourrequirements network programs meet government of tomorrow. today’s needs, while preparing to equipand the By enhancing our current services government requirements of tomorrow. expanding into the world of High Data Rate By enhancing our current services and BGAN we commit to increase our network expanding into the world of High Data capability to meet your operational Rate BGAN we commit to increase our requirements. Inmarsat is the of network capability to meet yournetwork operational choice for today and for the future. requirements. Inmarsat is the network of
equipment, the LPB is designed to be deployed for long period of time without any allowing usersof totime activate to beattendance, deployed for long period without any attendance, allowing to the terminal remotely using SMSusers or UT activate the streaming terminal remotely using to SMS commands information a or UT commands streaming information to variety of devices. Events on the ground a variety Eventsactivation on the ground can also of bedevices. set to trigger thus can also be set to trigger activation, thus providing real-time situational awareness providing real-time situational awareness by alerting those who need to know what is by alerting those who need to know what is happening in the area of interest, instantly.
SMS, including configuration, debugging and activation of surveillance hardware.
happening in the area of interest, instantly.
Remote management
Remote management An IP Watchdog integrated into the system An IP Watchdog integrated intoconnectivity. the system ensures “always-on” network ensures “always-on” network connectivity. When the terminal loses power, no manual When the terminal loses power no manual intervention is required to reawaken it. intervention is required to reawaken it. AutoAuto-on/auto-context activation on/auto-context activation automatically automatically restores power and PDP restores power and PDP connection to itself connection following loss of power following losstoofitself power and/or IP connection and/or IP connection. The terminal can be The terminal can be awoken by remote awoken by remote control SMS or UT. This control via SMS or UT. This via provides remote provides remote management platform management platform for command and for command andterminal controlusing to the terminal using control to the SMS, including configuration, debugging, and activation of surveillance hardware.
Inmarsat’s BGAN broadband mobile satellite communication network provides the The Solution solution to this challenge. over Inmarsat’s BGAN broadbandWorking mobile satellite the BGAN network, the LPB can be communications network provides theused as the primary means of communications solution to this challenge. Working over for or remote surveillance. It is a themanned BGAN network, the LPRB can be used as the effective, primary means of communications highly rapidly deployed solution for manned or remote surveillance. It is a allowing virtual drop-and-play connectivity highly effective, solution for when there is rapidly no timedeployed to configure difficult allowing virtual drop-and-play connectivity communications links. for when there is no time to configure difficult
choice for today and for the future
Covert antenna Covert antenna A rugged antenna that still achieves high
Aperformance rugged antenna stillallows achieves high when that laid flat for easy performance laid of flatlocations. allows forWith easy deployment inwhen a variety deployment in a variety of locations. With the ability to cover the terminal in soil, sand the ability to cover the terminal in soil, or even water, the LPRB, harnessing the sand or even water,allows the LPB, harnessing the resilience of BGAN, peace of mind that your connection is going be maintained resilience of BGAN, allows to peace of mind that even connection in the most hostile situations. your is going to be maintained even in the most hostile situations.
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