APT’s surveillance and assessment system is based on using both visible light and thermal imaging cameras. APT’s unique, proprietary Long Range Day/Night/ Thermal Camera Systems offer unsurpassed long-distance imaging capabilities that have proven vital to threat detection initiatives. Daytime visibility can be extended to 10 nautical miles in full color, while nighttime visibility, using both infrared and laser illuminators to enhance the Camera Systems’ nighttime performance, can be extended to 5 nm.

The thermal imaging camera is a continuous 360º unit and is used to provide additional nighttime and inclement weather monitoring. The thermal imaging camera can distinguish a single human thermal signature at a range of 8 nm, and a vessel thermal signature at a range of 15 nm.

Video analytics processors are programmed to provide alarms based on object identification as well as direction of travel. Depending upon ship location, the video analytics processors can be programmed to only alarm from activity in specific areas of interest while masking other areas from generating alarms. This flexibility allows the system to be used at sea as well as near land or when docked.

Both the radar system and the camera systems are programmed for detection and tracking, and are programmable to mask water channels or land traffic lanes to prevent unwanted alarm activity. Applying advanced motion-detection algorithms, the system can also look for unusual activity within those zones such as stopped vessels or vehicles that may pose a threat to the ship.