IDEX 2013: Blighter unveils new multi-language sensor and control software
Arabic language support is among a wealth of new features in this latest version of BlighterView which is being demonstrated by Blighter Surveillance Systems, an electronic-scanning radar and sensor solution provider, at IDEX (Stand 05-C11).
In addition to Arabic, languages supported include Korean, English and other European languages.
BlighterView also incorporates a new modular architecture to improve integration of Blighter solutions into command and control systems, ESRI geographic information system (GIS) mapping, and support for third party sensors such as cameras and thermal imaging systems.
Mark Radford (pictured), chief executive of Cambridge-based Blighter Surveillance Systems, termed the language support feature a “key development” given the company’s focus on Middle East and North African markets.
“Several customers, including a South Korean integrator, approached us about providing local language support so we developed the capability to customise the BlighterView application to use local language and terms that are familiar to systems operators.
“This feature rich multi-language version of BlighterView will provide the additional capabilities we need to support large-scale deployment of radars, cameras, thermal imagers and other sensor systems into global defence and security applications, such as border and perimeter security and infrastructure protection.”
At the heart of BlighterView is the control panel which allows access to the wealth of advanced settings provided by the company’s electronic scanning ground surveillance Blighter radar. The control panel is a key component necessary for a system integrator to design the Blighter radar into their system.
John Oyler, software manager for Blighter Surveillance Systems, said: "We have expanded the Blighter software team to enable us to develop new capabilities within the BlighterView software. The new architecture provides greater flexibility for supporting individual users and simplifies the integration of the Blighter radar into existing command and control systems as we now provide customers with a toolkit of modules to ease the integration process.
“Furthermore, the addition of advanced mapping based around the ESRI GIS system enables customers to load existing open source maps and satellite images, or their own country maps, into the application if required. The BlighterView software then overlays terrain data, radar, camera images and other sensor information onto the available map to provide a multi sensor display capability.”
BlighterView is available as a stand-alone Microsoft Windows application and is also supported by a Software Developers Kit (SDK) enabling system integrators to plug the required elements of the BlighterView software into their own command and control systems.
Blighter Surveillance Systems is a leading British design house and technology innovator, and is based at Great Chesterford on the outskirts of Cambridge, England.
