Story ID: 396
Hensoldt Makes the Cellphone Detection Connection
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: Enhanced mission management is available with the EuroNav 7 integration
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Hensoldt has integrated Smith Myers Communications’ Artemis mobile phone detection, location, and communication system into its EuroNav 7 mission system. The integration allows helicopters equipped with EuroNav 7 to geolocate cellphones.
The combination of EuroNav 7 and Artemis works over an extended range of more than 30 km (19 miles) and it can also detect a cellphone’s country of origin, which can aid in border intrusion detection. “Artemis interacts with and geolocates the cell phone quickly and precisely using the cellular protocol itself,” said Andrew Munro, managing director of Smith Myers. “EuroNav 7 displays this information and enables the automatic steering of other sensors onto the cellphone’s location. The location of thousands of handsets can be established very quickly and displayed on EuroNav 7.”
Another EuroNav 7 feature is integrating AIS so that maritime and cellular data can be overlayed in real time. Cospas-Sarsat emergency and personal locator beacon information is also available.
“This partnership of proven systems is targeting expansion worldwide across a growing customer base deploying essential systems for search-and-rescue missions, where every move is executed with precision,” said Hensoldt Avionics managing director Michael Gröninger.