Defence And Security

The CSIR has developed a new camera-based imaging and alerting system that provides wide-area surveillance and intrusion detection. The Smart Physical Security System draws on numerous technologies, from sensor technology to artificial intelligence. The Smart Physical Security System (SPYSS) has ...

Ground-based surveillance and classification radar, a proposed technological upgrade to a forerunner that has had well-documented successes in curbing rhino poaching incidents through wide-area surveillance, was deployed in the Kruger National Park. Despite unforgiving weather conditions at the d...

Combining expertise in material manufacturing with expertise in the detonics and ballistics field, the CSIR developed a cost-effective, novel protection solution against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The solution had to be deployed in an add-on manner on armoured vehicles, wi...

The CSIR has developed an electronic warfare pod that can be hosted on a number of fast jet types to provide a dynamic, multi-angle and more agile means of testing the effectiveness of radar and electronic warfare applications than the traditional ground-based systems. In the most recent tests, t...

The infrared (IR) missile is an ever-evolving threat that requires continuous advancement in countermeasure development to ensure the protection of airborne platforms, such as aircraft. This necessitates a proper understanding of the effects of countermeasures against different threats. As a resu...