Friday, November 21, 2008

Catherine

Catherine FC

Origin
France

Contractor/s
Thales

Description: The Catherine is a family of stabilized thermal imagers developed by Thales and designed to provide long range surveillance and target acquisition, day and night passive operation, and good detection of camouflaged target. The imager features rugged design for military wheeled and track vehicles and is compatible with fire control systems. This advanced sensor is based on the 8-12 micrometers band and is resistant to battlefield obscurants and solar dazzle while delivering digital video.

The high precision Catherine FC compact thermal imager provides fire control capability for a variety of armored vehicles. The imager weighs less than 5.5 kg, is less than 250mm in length and needs a power supply of 35 W while delivering digital video output of 625 lines and/or 754x576 pixels imagery. Cooling is provided through an Stirling micro-cooler allowing for operations at temperatures ranging from -40C to +55C. The resulting sensor system can provide detection of dismounted infantry at ranges of 6 km, armored vehicles at 10 km, rotary-wing aircraft at 14 km, and fixed-wing aircraft at 18 km.

In August 2007, Rosoboronexport - Russian armament export agency - ordered 100 Catherine FC thermal imagers to equip Russian Army's T-90 main battle tanks.

Specifications
Dimensions: Height 180 mm, Length 250 mm, Width 120 mm

Weights: Weight 5.5 kg (12.1 lb)

Performance: Max Detection Range 18 km (10 nm) only for fixed-wing aircraft

Power: Power Consumption 35 watt

Other: ZOOM 2

Catherine FC - Contracts, Orders & Sales
Monday, August 27, 2007 Rosoboronexport order for 100 Catherine FC thermal imaging cameras from Thales to be integrated on Russian Army's T-90 tanks. The deal was announced on August 27, 2007.
Items: 100

News
Russian T-90 Tanks to Receive Catherine FC Thermal Cameras

Operators

Russia / 100

Internet Resources
thalesonline.com

Notes
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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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