Recon truck marketed for military base security.

• Author: Foster, Sharon
• Position: Tech Talk

Bigge Defense LLC, in Bath, Maine, has developed a reconnaissance and surveillance vehicle that could help improve perimeter security at military bases, according to the firm's owner, Mark Bigge.

The vehicle--mobile thermal perimeter security system, or TIPSS--is a Humvee truck, equipped with infrared imagers, night vision and closed-circuit TV, Bigge explained. These sensors provide an extended line of sight, enabling TIPPS to see out to 10 kilometers, Bigge said.

"With the 30-foot mast fully extended, it can see over hills," he said. "It gives you the ability to see others, without them...