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Disaster Preparedness and Emergency ResponseTCOM & Logos Technologies demonstratewide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensorat TCOM’s Persistent Surveillance Centerof ExcellenceCOLUMBIA, Maryland, <strong>Aug</strong>ust1, 2015 – TCOM, a global leaderin persistent surveillance Aerostatsolutions and Logos TechnologiesLLC, an innovative developer ofadvanced sensors for Wide AreaMotion Imagery, successfully demonstratedan exportable color versionof Logos’ lightweight Simerawide-area sensor onboard a TCOM12M Tactical Aerostat. The demonstrationtook place at TCOM’sPersistent Surveillance Center ofExcellence (CoE) in Elizabeth City,NC during the first week of July andwas attended by both domestic andforeign audiences.The Simera sensor was integratedonto and flown on the TCOM12M Aerostat system. TCOM’s12M Aerostat system provides anextremely compact and portableplatform and is ideally suited tocarry the Simera to its optimal altitudes.The 12M offers rapid deploymentand retrieval, enablingoperators in the field to obtain actionablesurveillance data fasterthan ever before. The 12M has apayload weight capability of 60lbs(27kg) and a mission endurance ofup to 5 days.The Simera system, atonly 40lbs (18 kg), provides persistentcoverage of a full 360o areato the operator. Imagery from thefull 360o field of view is available innear real time and is continuouslyrecorded for immediate rewind orhistorical analysis. Simera is a highperformance,adaptable system thatoffers the reliable near real time andforensic data needed to make criticalassessments and take decisiveaction in the field.“TCOM sees great value in the inclusionof WAMI sensors into oursuite of ISR and force protectionpayloads already integrated ontoour existing family of tactical aerostats,”says Ron Bendlin, Presidentand CEO of TCOM. “These WAMIsystems, when paired with sensors44providing full-motion video (FMV),greatly increase the persistent surveillancecollection and forensicsanalysis tools that are highly advantageousfor our customers withrequirements in the areas of lawenforcement, emergency response,critical asset protection, force protection,as well as other areas”.Traditional narrow field-of-viewcameras will continue to be a mainstayon aerostats for long-range surveillance,but they cannot surveilmultiple areas of interest simultaneouslyand unavoidably miss manymarks. The combination of botha narrow field-of-view of a FMVcamera and a WAMI sensor can beincorporated in a manner whichenables the operators to persistentlymonitor a large area of interest inboth day- and night-time applicationsand provide slew- to-cue capabilityfor closer surveillance whenrequired.TCOM established its PersistentSurveillance Solutions Center ofExcellence (CoE) at the company’sManufacturing and Flight TestingFacility in Elizabeth City, NC in2014. TCOM’s Elizabeth City facilityhas long served as the East Coast’sprimary hub for LTA systems’ manufacturing,assembly, and testing.The Center of Excellence was createdto expand the company’s capabilitiesto include integration testingof platforms, payloads, sensors, and
PED technologies in partnershipwith manufacturers from aroundthe globe to further the developmentof Intelligence, Surveillance,and Reconnaissance Systems.About TCOM:TCOM is the global leader inpersistent surveillance solutions.For over 40 years, the company’spioneering innovations have definedthe persistent surveillanceand Lighter-than-Air industries. Byblending leading edge technology,manufacturing and field operationcapabilities, TCOM has providedsystems for United States and foreigngovernments with completepersistent surveillance capabilities.Our systems are in use around theglobe including theaters of combatin Iraq and Afghanistan. TCOM’sdelivered systems include fixed-sitedeployments, fully transportablesystems and specialized sea-baseddeployments. TCOM’s headquartersis based in Columbia, MD andthe Manufacturing & Flight Test Facilityis located near Elizabeth City,NC. TCOM is the only company inthe world devoted to cost-effectiveLTA surveillance solutions with inhouseaerostat and airship manufacture,assembly, flight test and trainingcapabilities. Learn more at www.tcomlp.com.With wildfires raging, socialmedia plays critical roleContinued from page 39formed, which aids those who needthe information, as well as decreasespublic fear and reduces phone callsto us by concerned family membersby the hundreds.”Shared information also includesa livestream video downlink fromsome Los Angeles Sheriff helicopters,which can be shared with firechiefs at the command post, Parkersays.Besides being able to share withinthe agency, social media providesmass communications to news media,who routinely look for the sheriff’s department social media outletsfor news—but especially so in acrisis.Parker sees that as a good thing,an important way to spread accurateand up-to-the-minute news quickly.“The news media look to our Nixleand social media messaging andamplifies it in minutes,” Parker says.“Twitter is especially quick, and reportersuse it the most. We are oftenquoted directly from our Nixle,Twitter and Facebook messageswithout having a phone conversation.This speeds the communicationand is good for public safetyprofessionals, good for the media,and even best for the people weserve.”45Key messaging at the sheriff ’s department,as with many agencies, ishandled by no more than one or twopeople during a crisis. Good messages,Parker has learned, will providespecifics, including: of the incident catedare people and animals.Shared photos are also importantfor conveying information. “Realtime photos from our sheriff ’s deputiesat the scene are of high valueto the news media and public alike,”Parker says.“The better we message duringcrisis, the more efficient we are andthe phone calls decrease,” he notes.“The less phone calls there are, themore we can focus on messaging tomany people instead of talking onthe phone to one person.”
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