PLATES 440 is a highly robust stabilized platform for electro-optical sensors in the visible and infra-red wavelengths, airborne for surveillance and for search and rescue missions.

This platform can deal with extreme environmental conditions, and, at customer’s demand, can run on military-grade or on commercially qualified components.

Lodged in the nose radome but fully receiving the flight-generated airstream, PLATES can withstand freezing temperatures and highly saline conditions with no observed performance losses, while keeping maintenance at a minimum.

In the first Navy model, the gyro-stabilized array has been equipped with two cameras to acquire images in the following bands: