CONTROP manufactures a wide range of Optronic Systems, for aerial, ground and maritime applications. During the past 20 years, CONTROP has developed a wide range of new technologies, products and concepts as solutions for operational needs and requirements, providing quick, innovative and cost effective solutions, whereby leading the world with new products of superb quality.
CONTROP's excellent relationship with our customers and especially with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) UAV users, enables modifying the systems from lessons learned during operational use. The payloads supplied by CONTROP are the outcome of continual improvements following extensive operational and field experience.
Since the early 1990’s, many CONTROP's products were developed especially for UAVs:
- A still Film Camera (using PENTAX technology ) was installed on UAVs for high resolution and high quality pictures (of line) – and was installed on ELBIT's and MALAT - IAI's UAVs for their customers.
- The first Stabilized Payload with a daytime CCD camera was installed on the Scout UAV (by MALAT - IAI) for the Israel MOD in 1993. In 1993 and 1994, CONTROP supplied the first DSP-1 with an IR camera and an ICCD camera to the IDF. The IR camera was the first FLIR in the world with a continuous zoom lens to be operational! The payloads were installed on the Scout UAV. In parallel, a very high quality long range Day TV CCD stabilized payload was supplied (ESP-600C) for the Scout UAV.
- After the IDF began using the Searcher UAV (by MALAT - IAI), a new model of the DSP-1 was supplied with a FLIR, a TV CCD and a Laser Pointer. Since then, the DSP-1 was installed on the IDF's UAVs, including most recently on the Heron-1 (by MALAT - IAI). Over the years, the DSP-1 system was continually modified according to new requirements and new available technologies. Today, all of the Heron UAVs used by the IDF are using the DSP-1 payload and providing excellent and unsurpassed performance.
- Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd is using the DSP-1 on their UAVs for customers worldwide, including daily operational missions for the IDF with the DSP-1.
- Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. are using the DSP-1 for those customers which request it.
- R-TARP - an EO / IR Line Scanner Payload mounted on the IAI and ELBIT UAVs have been operated by the IDF since 1998.
- Recently, the STAMP payloads for small UAVs was chosen by the IDF as the sole source payload for all small UAVs, following an intense three year evaluation test. The STAMP is been used worldwide on small UAVs and other platforms requiring a miniature stabilized payload.
- Nearly all of CONTROP's payloads were initially developed for use on UAVs – providing high performance with low weight, and then were adapted for use on helicopters, maritime vessels and ground vehicles.
Since the late 1990’s, many of CONTROP's EO / IR systems were developed especially for ground applications:
- In 1998, CONTROP supplied the first system which was developed to scan the sky and automatically detect any moving target in order to support air defense missions against slow flying objects. Following the developing requirements for this sort of technology, a family of products was developed and supplied to the IDF and to customers worldwide, providing a capability of long range observation and automatic passive Intruder Detection. Applications for these products include:
- Security of High Value Sensitive Installations (such as Airports, Power Plants, Fuel Storage Depots, Oil Refineries, Water Reservoirs, Armed Forces Facilities etc.).
- Coastal Surveillance (including small boat detection, swimmer detection, etc.).
- Border Surveillance (against smuggling, illegal immigration etc.).
- Perimeter Surveillance.
- Ground Troops Security.
- In mid 2008, a new state-of-the-art payload SPEED-A was supplied for the IDF for mounting on Aerostats (Balloons). This system includes stabilization in Pitch, Yaw and Roll (all 3 axes). This product was developed specifically taking into account the requirements for tethered balloons and is unique in the world for its extremely low weight and high quality performance.
CONTROP is known internationally for our very high quality products, outstanding performance and reliable Customer Service.
