# BIRD Aerosystems’ OSCAR Maritime Domain Awareness Solution completes first operational trial

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2020/01/bird-aerosystems-oscar-maritime-domain-awareness-solution-completes-first-operational-trial/
- Published: 2020-01-16T15:04:15+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

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    The system was operated as part of an operational trial in Africa and proved its high effectiveness in detecting and pointing out suspicious vessel activities.
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BIRD Aerosystems, the leading developer of [Airborne Special Mission Aircraft Solutions (ASIO)](https://www.military.africa/2020/01/bird-aerosystems-oscar-maritime-domain-awareness-solution-completes-first-operational-trial/military.africa/2019/12/bird-aerosystems-introduces-aeroshieldm-airborne-missile-protection-systems)
and Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS), announces it has completed a successful
trial of the OSCAR solution in Africa.

The successful trial and the OSCAR solution’s unique capabilities will be presented
during the upcoming [Africa Maritime Security Forum](https://africamaritimesecurity.com/)
in Senegal.

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During the trial, the **OSCAR** (Ocean Surveillance Control and Reconnaissance solution)
system was operated for a customer in Africa, and applied machine-learning algorithms
on real-time maritime data sources such as satellite and terrestrial AIS, satellite
SAR/EO/IR, LRIT, coastal radars, tactical sensors and more

This data was then used to detect, analyze and prioritize suspicious vessels while
providing automatic intelligence and threat assessments and alerts of any suspicious
or illegal activity detected.

The information provided by the OSCAR system enabled the customer to focus on specific
vessels that were pointed out by the system as acting suspiciously, examine them,
and incriminate the ones performing illegal activities.

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Ronen Factor, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Founder at BIRD Aerosystems: “We are
happy to announce that we have completed a successful operational trial of the OSCAR
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) solution in Africa. As we expected, the system was
very effective in pointing out the suspicious vessels amongst hundreds of ordinary
vessels, therefore allowing the customer to pinpoint his maritime patrol activities
and achieve a very high operational efficiency in a cost-effective way.”

Ronen also disclosed that the OSCAR is a Fully autonomous and advanced multi-sensor
MDA system, and Bird Aerosystem hopes that this trial will further expand the number
of customers who are already interested in the system.

OSCAR is an affordable and quick to deploy solution delivering real-time intelligence
and threat assessments for vessels within a country’s areas of interest. Combined
with a secure over-the-cloud deployment and multi-sensor integration, OSCAR is an
ideal solution for a nation’s maritime protection needs, as it provides 24/7 protection
of the maritime domain and Tier 1 Level of prevention against illegal activities
at sea such as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, oil theft, smuggling,
and illegal transshipment, as well as for Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) monitoring.

It is fully autonomous and personally customized for the needs of each customer,
OSCAR handles oceans of data quickly and efficiently, driving operational costs 
down and detection probabilities up.

## About BIRD Aerosystems

**BIRD Aerosystems** is a privately-owned company established in 2001 and based 
in Israel. The company specializes in developing and deploying two main product 
lines:

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