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The CPT-159 Very Low Light Airborne Camera System has been designed from first principles by Caledonian Airborne Systems with a single objective in mind: To identify vessels by recording their registration from a fixed wing platform for the purpose of identifying vessels found to be illegally dumping fluids during the night.
To this end the system comprises of a miniature gyro stabilized platform integrated within a camera head lens assembly. Although the camera head is very effective in low light conditions the operation is supported by a high power highly homogeneous non visible light spectrum illuminator, slaved in attitude to the camera head.
The illuminator is shown at the bottom of this page.
Subsequently, the System is capable of identifying alphanumerics of 30 cm in height, 2 cm line width with varying degrees of contrast ratio, at a distance of between 200 and 750 meters in pitch black conditions from altitudes of approximately 250 – 600 feet with an associated ground speed of 130 to 160 knots.
The Caledonian Star System consists of the following line replaceable items:
Owing to the novel approach to airborne stabilized cameras by Caledonian, the system achieves very effective vibration isolation characteristics at a very low system mass. The low mass and aerodynamic protrusion requirements of the overall system further facilitate ease of installation. Below, the enclosures for the stabilized camera platform and illuminator are shown.