Homeland Security systems
Border protection
Preventing illegal immigration, smuggling and illegal trafficking as well as
supporting search and rescue operations; controlling national air, ground
and coastline borders by closely observing and identifying suspect situations,
and centralising information gathering and classification: to ensure effective
protection is to rely on integrated systems
SELEX Sistemi Integrati has developed with the Italian Coast Guard the
widest coastal surveillance system, VTS (Vessel Traffic System), ensuring
accurate and real time coverage of 7,500 Italian coastline 4,660
miles.
The main functions and components of a border protection system are:
Sources of information- Check-point sensors
- Area and anti-intrusion sensors (perimeter)
- Short, medium and long-range surveillance sensors
Command and control- Multisensor tracking and data fusion
- Common operational picture
- Video-surveillance and alarm management
Value-added services- Radio links
- TETRA
- Satellite communications
- System security
- VTS - Vessel Traffic Service
Effectors
- Ground-based effectors (sensor-equipped vehicles, wireless communications,
instruments for decisional support)
- Seaborne effectors (fast sensor-equipped vessels, wireless communications,
decisional support instruments)
- Helicopters/sea vessels for search and rescue
