Improving visibility from helicopters during life-saving offshore search-and-rescue missions

Ocean Insight teamed with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, to engineer a flight-certified, pan-tilt camera system to help helicopter rescue crews scan the ocean horizon and identify ships in distress

Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations present coast guards worldwide with the critical task of saving lives and recovering property. The U.S. Coast Guard carries out nearly 20,000 SAR missions each year.

The challenge of navigating successful SAR missions continues to intensify, as increasing traffic from commercial vessels and pleasure craft marks our waterways.

Helicopter rescue teams depend on simple, effective, reliable SAR tools that meet demanding regulatory standards, have minimal maintenance needs and operate safely

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