DRS upgrades mobile border security system

DRS Technologies has upgraded its small, lightweight RedRock Integrated Geolocation system with high-speed frequency scanning and multiple target acquisition features, to enhance target detection capability using radio frequency signals.

The new enhancements allow the integrated system to identify targets that are using radio frequency signals while offering more rapid situational assessment within specified frequency ranges for users.

DRS Signal Solutions vice president Jim Shea said: "These new capabilities add significant utility and value to the end users will find the new features useful for both overt and covert missions."

The upgraded RedRock system can be used for range of border security, military and external airport security applications while dramatically lowering cost to the customer.

A key US government customer said that the interface is easy to operate and enables new users to understand it within minutes.

In order to provide more exact location data for specific targets, the mobile border security system gathers location data on single or multiple targets, separate the results and generate distinctive heat maps using multiple target and direction-finding acquisition feature.

The low-profile sensor operates wirelessly between the sensor antenna and a portable computer when mounted on a vehicle, to support counter surveillance and counter intelligence missions.