Enterprise Control Systems provides Beijing Olympics with Downlink Systems
07 August 2007
At 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008, the luckiest day in the calendar according to ancient Chinese tradition, the opening ceremony for the XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing will get under way. Enterprise Control Systems (ECS) are playing their part in the Games by providing Beijing Police with COFDM Downlink systems.
The Beijing police force approached Augusta, a world-leading manufacturer of helicopters who were subsequently appointed to provide the police force with two helicopters. ECS has a strong relationship with Augusta by working closely with them over many years, and has previously provided analogue equipment to China, so when Augusta were contacted by the Beijing police force ECS were the obvious choice for the provision of digital downlink equipment.
Beijing Police came to the ECS factory in the UK to discuss their requirements, and as a result ECS provided custom made equipment in the form of a digital base station, vehicle receiving equipment and COFDM downlinks for their new helicopters. This enables Beijing Police to upload pictures from their mobile vehicle, this picture is then re-broadcast simultaneously along with the image from the gyro stabilised camera mounted on the helicopter. This real-time picture provides instant situational awareness and is an effective force multiplier.
