This paper highlights the most recently added features and benefits available in the latest generation of Northrop
Grumman SCORPION II persistent surveillance and target recognition systems. By leveraging smaller, lighter, and more
power efficient SCORPION II sensor and universal gateway components, with foliage penetrating ad-hoc network
communications, persistent field programmable systems that are easier to conceal can be optimized for both image
capture and data exfiltration. In addition to the SCORPION II suite of sensor components, a growing list of over sixty
different sensor and camera types from a variety of manufacturers have been integrated with the SCORPION Gateway
family. In addition to updating several different COP systems, SCORPION and SCORPION II data can be directly
processed using a common sensor status graphical user interface (GUI) that allows for viewing and analysis of images
and sensor data from hundreds of SCORPION system gateways on single or multiple displays.
This paper updates the improvements and benefits demonstrated in the next generation Northrop Grumman SCORPION
II family of persistent surveillance and target recognition systems produced by the Xetron Campus in Cincinnati, Ohio.
SCORPION II reduces the size, weight, and cost of all SCORPION components in a flexible, field programmable
system that is easier to conceal and enables integration of over fifty different Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) and
camera types from a variety of manufacturers, with a modular approach to supporting multiple Line of Sight (LOS) and
Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications interfaces. Since 1998 Northrop Grumman has been integrating best in
class sensors with its proven universal modular Gateway to provide encrypted data exfiltration to Common Operational
Picture (COP) systems and remote sensor command and control. In addition to feeding COP systems, SCORPION and
SCORPION II data can be directly processed using a common sensor status graphical user interface (GUI) that allows
for viewing and analysis of images and sensor data from up to seven hundred SCORPION system gateways on single or
multiple displays. This GUI enables a large amount of sensor data and imagery to be used for actionable intelligence as
well as remote sensor command and control by a minimum number of analysts.
This paper addresses improvements and benefits derived from the next generation Northrop Grumman SCORPION II
family of persistent surveillance and target recognition systems produced by the Xetron campus in Cincinnati, Ohio.
SCORPION II reduces the size, weight, and cost of all SCORPION components in a flexible, field programmable
system that is easier to conceal, backward compatible, and enables integration of over forty Unattended Ground Sensor
(UGS) and camera types from a variety of manufacturers, with a modular approach to supporting multiple Line of Sight
(LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications interfaces. Since 1998 Northrop Grumman has been
integrating best in class sensors with its proven universal modular Gateway to provide encrypted data exfiltration to
Common Operational Picture (COP) systems and remote sensor command and control. In addition to being fed to COP
systems, SCORPION and SCORPION II data can be directly processed using a common sensor status graphical user
interface (GUI) that allows for viewing and analysis of images and sensor data from up to seven hundred SCORPION
system Gateways on single or multiple displays. This GUI enables a large amount of sensor data and imagery to be used
for actionable intelligence as well as remote sensor command and control by a minimum number of analysts.
This paper addresses benefits derived from the universal gateway utilized in Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's (NGSC) SCORPION, a persistent surveillance and target recognition system produced by the Xetron campus in Cincinnati, Ohio. SCORPION is currently deployed in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF). The SCORPION universal gateway is a flexible, field programmable system that provides integration of over forty Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) types from a variety of manufacturers, multiple visible and thermal electro-optical (EO) imagers, and numerous long haul satellite and terrestrial communications links, including the Army Research Lab (ARL) Blue Radio. Xetron has been integrating best in class sensors with this universal gateway to provide encrypted data exfiltration to Common Operational Picture (COP) systems and remote sensor command and control since 1998. In addition to being fed to COP systems, SCORPION data can be visualized in the Common sensor Status (CStat) graphical user interface that allows for viewing and analysis of images and sensor data from up to seven hundred SCORPION system gateways on single or multiple displays. This user friendly visualization enables a large amount of sensor data and imagery to be used as actionable intelligence by a minimum number of analysts.
This paper addresses benefits derived from the universal gateway utilized in Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's
(NGSC) SCORPION, a persistent surveillance and target recognition system produced by the Xetron campus in
Cincinnati, Ohio. SCORPION is currently deployed in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF).
The SCORPION universal gateway is a flexible, field programmable system that provides integration of over forty
Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) types from a variety of manufacturers, multiple visible and thermal electro-optical
(EO) imagers, and numerous long haul satellite and terrestrial communications links, including the Army Research Lab
(ARL) Blue Radio. Xetron has been integrating best in class sensors with this universal gateway to provide encrypted
data exfiltration and remote sensor command and control since 1998. SCORPION data can be distributed point to point,
or to multiple Common Operational Picture (COP) systems, including Command and Control Personal Computer
(C2PC), Common Data Interchange Format for the Situational Awareness Display (CDIF/SAD), Force XXI Battle
Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), Defense Common Ground Systems (DCGS), and Remote Automated Position
Identification System (RAPIDS).
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