DX KOREA 2016: CONTROP Displays the New TWISTER, a Lightweight Portable Automatic Intrusion Detection System

With 360° High-Speed Scanning, the TWISTER is ideal for fast deployment for protection of forces, forward operating bases, borders and urban areas

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. – a company specializing in the field of electro-optics (EO) and infrared (IR) defense and homeland security solutions – will display the new TWISTER, a wide area automatic intruder detection system, at DX Korea 2016, at the RAFAEL Stand, Hall 8, Stand 8E-01. The lightweight and portable TWISTER is ideal for fast deployment by mobile forces, providing force protection as well as persistent surveillance and border protection. The 360⁰ panoramic scanning system automatically detects potential threats in real-time.

The TWISTER is a passive IR system providing a panoramic 360⁰ image and automatic moving target detection at a high rate (1Hz).  Using very advanced algorithms, the TWISTER detects moving humans and moving NATO targets at several kilometers distance. Each “detection” saves a “Track File” to which the operator can refer and investigate in real-time, while the system continues to operate and scan the designated area. 

The portable system – operated locally from a laptop, or remotely using Ethernet or RF communication – is lightweight and can be back-carried by 2 people and mounted quickly on a tripod. Due to the portable and quick deployable nature of the system, the TWISTER can support mobile, infantry and dismounted military and security forces to survey those areas that might not be protected by other stationary systems.

The TWISTER system consists of a cooled thermal imaging camera with continuous optical zoom lens and powerful image processing technologies – enabling the operator to zoom-in and choose the field-of-view (FOV) most appropriate for the particular mission requirement.  The operator may opt to discontinue the Scan Mode and investigate details using the continuous zoom in the Observation Mode.
  
According to Johnny Carni, CONTROP’s VP Marketing & Sales, “the TWISTER was developed in response to the critical need for a portable system that can secure a large area in real-time. Its quick deployment capability makes it an ideal solution for the protection of mobile forces, FOBs, border patrol units and protection of urban areas. The TWISTER provides a significantly more advanced and more cost-effective alternative to the high maintenance methods employed today – which typically rely on a network of cameras distributed along protective barriers, with images displayed on multiple screens. With the TWISTER, the entire 360° panoramic picture is displayed on a single screen, which is much easier and simpler to control in the field.”

About CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.

CONTROP specializes in the development and production of Electro-Optical and Precision Motion Control Systems. The company’s specialists have over 35 years of experience in EO / IR products for Surveillance, Defense and Homeland Security. CONTROP’s main product lines include: Automatic passive Intruder Detection Systems for airport perimeter surveillance, coastal surveillance, port and harbor security, border surveillance, the security of sensitive sites and ground troops security; High performance Stabilized Observation Payloads used for day and night surveillance on board UAVs, small UAVs and aerostats/balloons, helicopters, light aircraft, maritime patrol boats and ground vehicles; Thermal Imaging Cameras with high performance continuous Zoom Lens and state-of-the-art image enhancement features, and more. CONTROP’s products are in daily operational use in many of the most critical surveillance, homeland security and defense programs worldwide.