The McQ RANGER® is a compact, cost-effective surveillance sensor designed for accurate detection and classification of personnel and vehicles over extended ranges with minimal false alarms. It can be deployed by hand or air-drop to monitor roads, remote areas, borders, facilities, or wilderness.
Key features include terrestrial or satellite communications via McQ RANGER® SAT (Iridium network) and McQ RANGER® MIL (ITAR-controlled air-drop model). The sensor is reusable, with inductive battery charging eliminating maintenance. It employs advanced digital signal processing to discriminate seismic, magnetic, and acoustic features, ensuring high detection accuracy and minimal false alarms.
RANGER® supports wireless connectivity, cloud-based data distribution, and seamless integration with other surveillance systems. Its small size and low power consumption make it ideal for large-scale deployments. It delivers superior performance at a lower cost, providing reliable, mobile, and efficient security solutions.
As part of McQ’s broader Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) solutions, the RANGER plays a critical role in enhancing real-time situational awareness for military, government, and border security operations. Its deployment across global combatant commands has demonstrated its effectiveness in challenging terrain and dynamic threat environments. To learn more about how the McQ RANGER® supports mission-critical surveillance, visit the full unattended ground sensor product page here.
Take a look at the RANGER detecting and classifying a (UAS) unmanned aerial system, as it flies above here