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Thermal cameras
for protecting borders

Monitoring country borders and the related hinterland are essential components of contemporary homeland security. Operational areas include:

  • Long-distance observation and surveillance of specific border sections
  • Detection, recognition and tracking of suspicious vehicles or persons close to a borderline
  • Pursuing illegal activities in sometimes complex and inaccessible areas beyond the actual border

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Protecting territory efficiently

Powerful thermal cameras like VarioVIEW™ 75 or VarioVIEW™ 150 are proven performers and efficient tools for this application area. More than 300 units for the EU supported BOMUK and EUBAM missions in the Ukraine and Moldavia are an outstanding reference.

VarioVIEW is used for:

  • Surveying of border sections at any time, also in densely wooded, inaccessible areas or borderline waters
  • Tracking of person-related or vehicle activities via a distance of several kilometers
  • Documentation of illegal border activities


By utilizing long-distance range performance and high spatial detector resolution both open and covered remote reconnaissance missions can be realized with this FLIR (=Forward Looking InfraRed). Local illumination or other disturbing factors like fog or smoke are not an essential obstacle – another advantage of infrared technology versus conventional night-vistion devices.

By utilizing long-distance range performance and high spatial detector resolution both open and covered remote reconnaissance missions can be realized. Local illumination or other disturbing factors like fog or smoke are not an essential obstacle – another advantage of infrared technology versus conventional night-vistion devices.

VarioVIEW™ is more than just a binocular FLIR. Image data may be observed via the ergonomic OLED viewfinder, but can be relayed via its video interface, SD slot or FireWire interface. In combination with the InfraTec IRBIS 3 ® remote software package a complete remote operation of all device functions is possible. VarioCAM ® hr head is the right choice for those who only intend to operate via deployed 24/7 operations – this is supported by the very compact, tough camera body and a choice of lenses offered. It also allows perfect integration into all kinds of ground vehicles, boats, vessels and airborne vehicles. The big choice of electronical interfaces allows tailoring various options for remote control and image acquisition.

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Case Story

Ukrainian Border Protection


Border Protection in the Ukraine

The implementation of the BOMUK project utilizing VarioVIEW™ thermal cameras

For a couple of years the European Union (EU) is upgrading its Schengen treaty borderline by the means of selective personal and technical measures. Numerous projects have improved the general border security significantly by implementing state-of-the-art technologies. This process has not been totally finished, however. Next to the protected Schengen borderlines the EU is also looking beyond. The Ukraine is one of the countries the EU selected to improve the local border protection authorities.

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