ELECTRO-OPTICAL, INFRARED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS COMPRISED OF A POD MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF AN AIRCRAFT; ROTATING BARRELS FOR RECEIVING OR TRANSMITTING ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRARED ENERGY; STEERING MIRRORS FOR USE INSIDE THE SURVEILLANCE PODS TO DIRECT LINES OF SIGHT; TELESCOPES TO PROVIDE LINE OF SIGHT STABILITY, WIDE FIELD OF VIEW SURVEILLANCE, AND HIGH AND LOW RESOLUTION SURVEILLANCE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING REAL TIME IMAGE PROCESSING, DATA STORAGE, DATA TRANSMITTAL, AND REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF SURVEILLANCE ALGORITHMS
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus