WASP backscatter means Argus captures wide-area images while stationary, allowing for remote deployment on an unmanned ground vehicle.
Argus is remotely deployable on an unmanned ground vehicle, providing an immediately deployable solution to quickly assess risk. Mounts are available for leading UGV models, easily incorporating Argus into your existing kit.
Argus has won multiple international awards for its intuitive and simple design. Our technology is made to simplify workflow, provide new layers of safety through remote deployment, and quickly give you the information you need to make a decision.
Argus is the first integrated wide-area backscatter and transmission solution, giving operators a unique ability to choose the most appropriate approach to a target. One user-friendly rugged tablet with integrated software and hardware simplifies workflow and assists operators to make decisions on an approach to a target depending on the scenario.
Micro-X’s proprietary WASP backscatter means that Argus is able to capture X-ray images while stationary, unlike handheld backscatter units that require the operator to scan across the target.
With simple and easy to use software, operators can quickly and easily learn how to take images to inform their approach to a threat.
Argus uses a BB2590 smart lithium-ion battery that is compatible with chargers commonly used for tactical devices by defence and security teams.
Argus is designed to be used remotely with existing Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and is available in a kit with transmission X-ray to provide a complete X-ray solution for CIED and High-Risk Search operations.
Argus is designed in accordance with international electrical safety standards such as IEC 61010, and meets regional radiation safety standards consistent with the standards established by the International Atomic Energy Agency when used in accordance with the operating guidelines in the User Manual.
Because of our patented approach to backscatter, Argus can effectively detect and image objects while stationary at a distance of up to 0.5m from the target, depending on the environment and the material composition of the target.
The Argus unit emits radiation with a constant potential source for a nominal exposure of 60secs (3x 20sec exposures) at 160kv 1.2mA.
The transmission frequency of the radios are 2.43GHz and 922MHz.
WASP Technology (Wide Area Scattered Projection) is a revolutionary approach to backscatter imaging: a cone-beam illuminates the entire target, and the reflected X-rays are captured via a pinhole array. Argus’ unique ability to generate high-definition stand-off backscatter X-ray images without a separate detector panel introduces new imaging modalities not previously employed during high-risk search and CIED operations.
The Argus X-ray Camera is a backscatter X-ray device used to quickly and efficiently inspect suspicious items. While transmission X-ray detects hard and soft materials by the variation in X-ray intensity transmitted through a target, Micro-X's WASP backscatter detects the X-ray radiation that reflects from a target.
