Benefits of OptaSense

OptaSense^TM products offer high levels of detection at low environmental impact, minimising cost and reducing manpower requirements. Each system can be used independently or as part of system providing a layered defence capability.

OptaSense^TM enhances the security protection level of a valuable asset by providing a sophisticated detection solution, providing:

Low false alarm rates - certainty of intrusion detection through high performance classification is optimised as a result of the large bandwidth and dynamic range capability of the system

Improves efficiency of security procedures - reducing the resources required to provide surveillance

High reliability, high availability - buried all-fibre sensor construction offers improved reliability, reduced risk of damage and low time to repair

Effective target classification - local calibration provides a high target classification capability from the array, with the added ability to detect movement of low flying aircraft above and tunnel activity below

Covert detection - entirely passive sensing from buried all-fibre arrays provides highly effective covert detection immune from counter attack techniques

Multi-sensor configuration - arrays can be configured to include a range of different fibre-optic sensors including vibration sensitive cable, accelerometers, hydrophones, microphones and in–road traffic detection sensors

Rapid, low-cost deployment - the lightweight sensor cable enables rapid deployment

Excellent positional resolution - powerful multiplexing architectures available with OptaSense ensure a dense zone resolution down to 10m can be achieved along borders many kilometres in length