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Hensoldt Secures First Sale of SETAS Vision System to KNDS
These SETAS systems are slated for integration into KNDS’s RCH 155 self-propelled artillery gun.
SETAS is a high-performance day and night observation system for armoured vehicles of all kinds. The high-resolution electro-optical vision system gives every crew member the chance to obtain full visual situational awareness 360 degrees around the vehicle from inside the vehicle. Threats within their radius of action can be reliably identified and classified at an early stage.
Tanya Altmann, Head of Optronics & Land Solutions at Hensoldt, stated: “The system will realise its full potential when it is connected to the vehicle network and the battle management system and provides crew members with the best possible information sovereignty using Artificial Intelligence (AI) -supported sensor fusion. With this launching customer, Hensoldt is continuing its growth path as a solution provider.”
Threat Dynamics
The threat landscape for Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) has undergone multiple transformations in recent years. Enhanced conventional Anti-Tank Guided Weapons (ATGW) and handheld Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG), coupled with intricate improvised explosive devices and innovative drone utilisation, have rendered operating with an open hatch or in a heads-up manner highly perilous.
This evolving dangerous operating environment prompted Hensoldt to develop a future leaning solution to this problem —SETAS.
ITAR-Free Armoured Vision
SETAS is an International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)-free, ruggedised, day and night high performance local area observation system for any type of armoured vehicles. This high-resolution electro optical vision system gives each crew member the possibility to stay secure under hatch without losing full visual situational awareness. Threats like snipers or RPG can be detected within their operating range.
The system excels in urban and aerial threat scenarios with its expansive vertical field of view. It integrates two potent sensor systems: high-resolution colour daylight cameras and mission-approved uncooled thermal imagers.
The latter is already mounted on several military vehicles worldwide. SETAS’ observation capabilities can be heightened through integrated features such as Moving Target Indication (MTI) and object tracking.
This reduces the burden of the crew to handle the increased amount of image data of the personal 360° situational awareness. Due to its modularity and open interface architecture (NGVA compliant) this observation system can be easily integrated into any new or existing vehicle. The interface allows full integration or standalone operation by supporting any type of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) (standard or smart display, smart glasses, tablets, etc.).
The user can stay in safety within the vehicle but with a high degree of situational awareness of his surrounding environment outside.
Particularly in urban environment this capability is a key enabler for quick decision making and as such for platform survivability. The visual sensor is capable of the recognition of a pedestrian at a distance of some 300 metres. This observation capability can be further enhanced with the integration of other sensors, such as acoustic sniper detection sensors, laser warner system and a hemispherical camera to cover the area directly above the vehicle.
Software Algorithms
Using a head mounted display as HMI, a crew member inside can virtually “see through” the armour achieving the same amount of orientation as observing when ‘heads up”. Intelligent software algorithms automatically warn the crew if a potentially threatening movement is detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.
SETAS can be installed as a stand-alone system, providing crews of both legacy platforms and new systems with significantly increased situational awareness. It can easily be fitted as a stand-alone system.
However, better advantage of the system can be achieved if SETAS is connected to the vehicle’s network or Battle Management System, displaying external data to each crew member individually.
However, better advantage of the system can be achieved if SETAS is connected to the vehicle’s network or Battle Management System, displaying external data to each crew member individually.
The integration of additional sensors such as hostile fire detection, missile approach and laser warner’s into the SETAS capability offers even more security. Since all external interfaces comply with the new NATO standardisation, it can easily communicate with other systems, enabling the crew to use their own furnished monitors, tablets or even head-mounted displays.
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