Product Focus - Vehicles AeroGlow lights the way
UK-based defence company AeroGlow Ltd continues to educate government and OEMs of the benefits of escape lighting; as understanding grows, so this important safety feature is added to a number of platforms’ system requirements.
Aeroglow’s HaLO (Hatch Lighting and Orientation system) is a crash/blast/ rollover/water activated escape lighting system, designed to mitigate the risks
DVS
from 120° up to 180° - leaving the field of view distortion-free, even at the edges of the image.
driving system
Defence Vision Systems’ newest launch comes in the form of the DVS driving system - a bolt-on upgrade to existing or new vehicles and is simple to fit with the sensor package mounted onto the outside of the vehicle. The only item penetrating the armour is the cable carrying the power and images with the driver viewing the image via a pair of head mounted spectacles. The system operates over the range of 900nm to 1,700nm, provides a wide field of view and according to the system specified may be
The 120° field of view system consists of a two short wave infrared (SWIR) cameras with the images edged matched to provide a continuous distortion- free image. The imager is in real time and allows the vehicle to be driven at the speeds compatible with the terrain. Wider fields of view are available using three or four cameras, whilst a four camera system provides a full 180° of vision, thus helping with perimeter surveillance.
post ‘event’ by illuminating vital escape routes, hatch mechanisms, and emergency equipment; thus allowing rapid evacuation of troops from the vehicle.
A further new addition to the HaLO family is to be the Hatch Lighting and Orientation System (+) (HaLO(+)) - a combined Escape Lighting and Crew Lighting System for land vehicles that is shortly to be trialled with the British Army.
The DVS’ use of SWIR provides full 24hr operation from full sun to starlight. In situations where the scene illumination falls below starlight there are two 1,550nm head lights, fitted in place of the two IR headlamps. These provide illumination over the field of view up to a range in excess of
200m.The 1,550nm wavelength at which these operate means they are invisible to existing battle field sensors, such as standard direct view systems, image intensified goggles or similar, MWIR and LWIR - enabling the vehicle to remain covert.
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