How CATALYST'S INSIGHTS Horizon delivers rapid, reliable intelligence directly to maritime and land agencies for faster, more accurate response operations.
At a time when border security has never been more geopolitically charged, pressure on land and maritime agencies to monitor substantial borderlines is now immense. Traditional surveillance methods cannot provide continuous coverage across oceans, remote borders and hard-to-reach terrain.
Patrol assets are limited and cannot effectively monitor the volume of activity across these zones.
This can lead to dangerous blind spots where illegal crossings, unauthorised vessel movements and hostile activities go undetected, creating a widening border security intelligence gap.
CATALYST'S INSIGHTS Horizon is a mission-critical AI-enabled satellite intelligence solution developed by CATALYST specialists to fill this gap.
By automating the analysis of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), electro-optical and aerial imagery, the platform helps defence and border security agencies monitor vast territories with limited patrol assets.
Enhancing Maritime Domain Awareness
For maritime security, INSIGHTS Horizon delivers comprehensive surveillance to detect threats like illegal fishing, smuggling and territorial incursions that rely on avoiding detection in open water by:
- Detecting, identifying, classifying and tracking vessels across offshore areas and ports.
- Analysing satellite detections alongside Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to flag "dark ships" (vessels operating without transponders) that deliberately avoid standard tracking systems.
- Providing vessel locations, headings and estimated sizes, as well as flagging ships anchored in unexpected locations or deviating from shipping lanes.
Land-Based Monitoring and Pattern Recognition
For land borders, where difficult terrain limits continuous patrol coverage, INSIGHTS Horizon tracks vehicle movements and detects unauthorised crossings.
It identifies activity regardless of weather conditions or time of day by processing both optical and radar (SAR) imagery, including:
- New roads, staging areas where vehicles or personnel gather, and changes in activity levels suggesting shifts in smuggling operations.
- Vehicle tracks and movement patterns indicating trafficking routes.
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