C-E Solutions Support RAAF Base Williamtown Air Show
C-E Solutions successfully deployed its mobile video surveillance platform, Vigil-i, to support traffic management by the NSW Police and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority for the RAAF Base Williamtown Air Show 2010. With in excess of 60,000 visitors attending the event, the high-quality, real-time imagery provided by Vigil-i proved to be a winner with the NSW Police.
Vigil-i Provides High-Quality Imagery to the NSW Police
With more than 60,000 visitors hosted by RAAF Base Williamtown during its 2010 Air Show, the ability to provide effective traffic management was a very high priority for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the NSW Police, the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) and Port Stephens and Newcastle Councils. In the absence of any permanent surveillance infrastructure to monitor local road conditions, C-E Solutions volunteered to support the event by positioning its mobile Vigil-i surveillance and communications trailers at key junctions on the approaches to Williamtown and relay live video to the event Command Post.
Originally developed by C-E Solutions to support the acceptance into service of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter by providing highly-accurate weapons impact tracking and scoring at the ADF's Woomera Test Range, the Vigil-i system combines a number of highly desirable features into a compact, mobile platform:
- Each trailer is equipped with a 15m pneumatic mast capable of supporting a 100kg payload
- The standard mast payload can comprise up to 4 high-quality video cameras in all-weather housings fitted with full remote pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) capabilities
- Each trailer is equipped with sophisticated on-board image processing and digital recording capabilities
- Each trailer is equipped with high-bandwidth, backhaul-quality microwave transceivers to relay 4 simultaneous live video feeds, plus full system telemetry and command, to a control point that could be up to 100km away
- Each trailer is equipped with UHF/VHF radios for engineering communications
- Each trailer has on-board generators (solar-power options are available)
The Vigil-i system was enthusiastically received by both NSW Police and the RTA, with consistent praise from both parties about the high quality of the video pictures provided
