Nova Integrated Systems recently rolled out its first production unit of the electro-optic stabilised POP 200 system integrated, calibrated and tested in India, in technical collaboration with IAI-Tamam. The rollout ceremony was held at Nova’s state-of-the-art electro-optic and radar integration facility in Hyderabad.

The ceremony was presided over by Dr Prahlada, Distinguished scientist and chief controller eero programmes, DRDO. Nova Integrated Systems handed over to Shaul Shahar General Manager IAI-Tamam Division, the first electro-optic stabilised POP 200 system.

Mr. Shahar said, “We are very proud of this collaborative achievement. The new facility will be utilised by IAI-Tamam and Nova for the benefit of the Indian armed forces.”

The facility, the first of its kind in the Indian private sector, has been set up by Nova to offer indigenous design development, manufacture and life-cycle support capabilities to the Indian defence and paramilitary forces.

The POP 200, a compact, modular, lightweight electro-optic system, designed for a variety of surveillance and observation roles, is gyro-stabilised in two axis (pitch over yaw) and has a sensor bay that can be configured for specific missions with specially designed sensors “Slices”, incorporating high resolution FLIR and high magnification colour CCD, laser rangefinder, target marker etc, offering an enhanced image processing, correlative automatic target tracking and target acquisition capability.

A unique modular design enables easy in-the-field reconfiguration and provides the user with real-time operational flexibility with applications upon: UAVs; light reconnaissance aircraft; military and police helicopters; ground vehicles, and static pole installations for border protection.