Gimbals & Payloads

Gyro-stabilised EO/IR gimbals, optical pods and seekers for UAV, vehicle, maritime and fixed-site surveillance.

The range runs from micro 2-axis pods under 500 g up to 3-axis five-sensor turrets with cooled MWIR imagers, 1000 mm-class HD zoom optics and 25 km laser range finders. Every payload ships with an English datasheet and can be reconfigured at the factory for focal length, sensor mix, video interface and housing colour.

How to choose a payload

• Micro pods under 1 kg — small UAV ISR and man-portable observation, where weight dominates every other spec.
• 2-axis versus 3-axis — 2-axis suits nadir and side look; 3-axis adds roll control for tight turns and high-vibration airframes.
• Sensor count — EO plus thermal covers most ISR; add a laser range finder for target coordinates, or a designator for guided munitions.
• Cooled versus uncooled — uncooled 640×512 reaches roughly 3 km; cooled MWIR reaches 10 km and beyond.

Product lines in this category

• Handheld thermal imagers — MTC6107, MFC6110, MFC101 — dismounted observation, uncooled and cooled binocular.
• Micro pods — PDT300, PDT400 — three-axis stabilised, sub-400 g head.
• Medium and heavy stabilised pods — PDS5K, PDM20K — 5 kg and 20 kg class, cooled MWIR with 30x daylight zoom.
• Surveillance cameras and systems — HX50, TVC, DMS10, DMS15, DMA35, DMA460, DMA560, ZS061, ZS091, Z50, Z201, Z51 — 30x optical plus 640 LWIR, target tracking, geo-pointing.
• Radar surveillance — ZS071-BW03, ZS071-BW10, RDS500 — perimeter radar with automatic slew-to-cue.
• Anti-drone systems — AUS20, AUS70 — RF detection, EO/IR confirmation, soft- and hard-kill interface.
• Detection and strike — ATP500, ATP1000, ATP1500 — EO/IR tracking with laser designation.

Send the airframe, weight budget and required detection range and we will return a matched configuration within 24 hours.