Mission domains
DEFENCE DOMAIN
Defense Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Provide continuous observation of strategic locations for military intelligence and national defense.
Operational goals
- Intelligence gathering
- Military reconnaissance
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Maritime surveillance
- Battlefield awareness
- Force movement detection
- Critical infrastructure monitoring
- Early warning capability
Typical targets
- Military bases
- Airports
- Ports
- Naval fleets
- Border crossings
- Strategic highways
- Bridges
- Air defense installations
- Missile launch sites
- Communication facilities
Required payloads
- High resolution optical camera — 0.3–1 m GSD for vehicle identification, building detection, infrastructure analysis
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) — observes through night, cloud cover, rain and smoke; ship detection, flood detection, military movements, terrain mapping
- Infrared sensor — detects thermal signatures from fires, vehicle engines, industrial activity, missile launches
- Automatic Identification System (AIS) — tracks ships for illegal fishing, smuggling, naval operations
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
- IMAGE RESOLUTION
- < 1 meter
- REVISIT TIME
- < 12 hours
- COVERAGE
- Entire national territory
- NIGHT CAPABILITY
- Yes
- CLOUD PENETRATION
- Yes (SAR)
- GEOLOCATION ACCURACY
- < 10 m
- IMAGE LATENCY
- < 30 minutes
SUCCESS CRITERIA
- Military receives imagery within 30 minutes.
- Border regions are monitored daily.
- Strategic assets are observable on demand.
- Unauthorized activities are detected early.