Cops to get 'eye in the sky'
Pretoria - Police helicopters are to be fitted with airborne surveillance systems from Denel, said the state-owned arms company on Tuesday.
"This virtual 'eye in the sky' system will allow the SAPS to deploy their helicopters for all-weather and day-and-night crime prevention, law enforcement and border surveillance operations," said Sam Basch, Denel's spokesman.
Basch said the Goshawk 350 gyro-stabilised system was fitted with a continuous zoom thermal imager, daylight TV camera and auto tracking.
Variants of the system are already in use with police and security force in 20 other countries in the world, said Basch.
He said Denel Optronics won the contract to provide the devices to the police against stiff foreign competition.
News source: www.news24.co.za
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