{"id":34805,"date":"2020-08-03T20:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/03\/with-this-new-sensor-blackjack-drones-can-monitor-an-entire-city-at-once\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:16:09","slug":"with-this-new-sensor-blackjack-drones-can-monitor-an-entire-city-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2020\/08\/03\/with-this-new-sensor-blackjack-drones-can-monitor-an-entire-city-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"With this new sensor, Blackjack drones can monitor an entire city at once"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A new wide-area motion imagery sensor could make the R1-21A Blackjack an even more powerful tool for the war fighter, allowing the small UAV to simultaneously monitor 5 square miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Logos Technologies announced July 28 that it was awarded a $6.7 million contract to deliver two wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor prototypes to U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in September. Dubbed Cardcounter by the Navy, the 28-pound infrared sensor is adapted from the company\u2019s commercial BlackKite product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackjacks are used by the Navy to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance coverage day or night. Able to launch without a runway, the Blackjack has a range of about 50 kilometers and can stay in the air for up to 16 hours. Blackjack drones already host a number of sophisticated sensors, including full-motion video, infrared marker, laser range finder and a communications relay package, but Cardcounter offers a new capability: the ability to view a city-sized area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat really makes WAMI special is the fact that it can monitor all of the movement \u2014 both dismount and vehicles \u2014 in a city-sized area. You can kind of think of it like live Google Earth with [digital video recorder] capability,\u201d Doug Rombough, vice president for business development at Logos Technologies, told C4ISRNET. \u201cPrior to WAMI, you had simply the full-motion video sensors; and obviously full-motion videos are awesome because they are very high resolution. They can zoom in on an area. The challenge with FMV is you\u2019ve got that very narrow field of view, kind of like looking through a soda straw.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Used together, WAMI and full-motion video allow operators to take in the big picture of what\u2019s happening on the ground and zoom in on areas of interest. Cardcounter will be able to store six hours or more of that data for later analysis, but it will also be able to transmit portions of that imagery to users on the ground in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Logos Technologies, a company that specializes in WAMI, has worked to miniaturize that capability, making it as lightweight as possible for any manned or unmanned aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1518\" height=\"1104\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackKite-in-Test-Pod-on-Wing-Mount.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackKite-in-Test-Pod-on-Wing-Mount.jpg.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackKite-in-Test-Pod-on-Wing-Mount.jpg.jpg?resize=300,218 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackKite-in-Test-Pod-on-Wing-Mount.jpg.jpg?resize=768,559 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackKite-in-Test-Pod-on-Wing-Mount.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,745 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1518px) 100vw, 1518px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A BlackKite sensor attached to a wing in a test pod. (Logos Technologies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are very few WAMI sensors that have been developed that can fly on unmanned aircraft,\u201d said Rombough, noting that the only other one he knows of in use today is carried by the relatively massive MQ-9 Reaper. A Reaper has a wingspan of 66 feet. A Blackjack has a wingspan of 15.7 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flight testing of Cardcounter wrapped up July 31 in North Carolina, said Rombough. 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