Navy orders vehicle-mounted camera for vessel

Lockheed Martin has installed a vehicle-mounted camera on a Navy vessel.

The company was asked by the Navy to quickly install a Gyrocam Vehicle Optical Sensor System (VOSS I) on the USNS Grapple, a rescue and salvage ship supporting NATO operations in the Aegean, according to a Lockheed Martin news release.

"To support NATO's security mission quickly, the U.S. Navy needed long-range detection and identification capabilities to identify ships and small water craft," said Paul Lemmo, a vice president at Lockheed Martin. "Because of its proven performance in theater, durability and universal mount design, VOSS I was the ideal solution to delivering the U.S. Navy a quick reaction capability."

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