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SLS-406 · SNS
Aperture
Panoramic EO/IR sensing. The eyes of the surface fleet. Aperture gives a USV 360° electro-optical and infrared awareness with automatic detect-and-track — while staying completely radar-silent.
Aperture is a mast-mounted panoramic EO/IR suite built for emissions-controlled operations: persistent passive detect-and-track with no radiated signature. MWIR cameras with nBn-class detectors handle night and obscured scenes.
GPU-accelerated processing runs automatic target detection, horizon finding, and small-contact discrimination through clutter and sea spray, cueing Riptide intercepts and feeding Tidefall tracks.
Fit-checks on the Riptide mast are complete; shipboard field testing runs through summer 2026.