Argus DC1620 Camera, DC1620, VGA Mp, Argus Brand

this is the next generation of surveillance for the first time we actually have permission from the government to show the basic capabilities it is important for the public to know that some of these capabilities exist engineer Yanis Anton Yaris designed the new sensor known as Argos with 1.8 billion pixels it's the world's highest resolution camera Argos fits inside this pod that attaches to the belly of a UAV but because much of the work is classified we can't see the sensor itself because we are not allowed to expose some of the pieces that make up the sensor so you get to look at 4d plastic curtains also known as wide area persistent stare Argos is the equivalent of having up to a hundred predators look at an area the size of a medium-sized city at once this image was taken 17,500 feet above Quantico Virginia and covers 15 square miles this whole image is at a very very fine resolut