Customer Case
Bertin Exensor
Customer case - bertin Exensor
Enhancing tactical stealth and connectivity with fiber optic integration
Micropol has entered a strategic collaboration with Bertin Exensor to strengthen next-generation tactical sensing capabilities. By integrating fiber optic infrastructure into Exensor’s Flexnet system, the solution significantly improves stealth, reliability, and operational performance in demanding environments.
Bertin Exensor is a global leader in Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) systems, delivering advanced surveillance and protection solutions for defense and security applications worldwide. Their flagship Flexnet platform is widely used to detect, classify, and identify threats using a network of sensors and cameras.
Modern defense environments are increasingly complex, often characterized by electronic warfare, denied communications, and the need for covert operations. Traditional radio-based communication can be limited, detectable, or vulnerable to disruption.
Exensor needed a secure and highly reliable communication solution that would:
- Maintain system performance in radio-denied or contested environments
- Enhance operational stealth
- Support flexible deployment scenarios without compromising reliability
The collaboration with Micropol Fiberoptic strengthens the stealth of our Flexnet T-UGS (Tactical Unattended Ground Sensor system). By integrating a robust fiber optic infrastructure as an optional means of communication, we enhance and extend the usability of our platform.
Micropol delivered a robust fiber optic infrastructure designed specifically for tactical applications, including ruggedized cabling and Falcon Expanded Beam connectors. By integrating this solution into the Flexnet platform, Exensor gains an optional communication layer that enables sensors to operate fully passively, without emitting detectable signals.
The Flexnet system itself is a scalable, modular UGS platform combining seismic, acoustic, magnetic, and thermal sensors, enabling accurate detection and identification of targets while keeping operators at a safe distance.
Increased stealth and survivability
The fiber optic solution ensures that communication between sensors can occur without radio transmission, making the system significantly harder to detect.
Reliable operation in harsh environments
Fiber-based communication allows the system to function even when radio signals are jammed, restricted, or unsuitable, ensuring mission continuity under all conditions.
Enhanced system flexibility
By adding fiber as an optional communication layer, Flexnet becomes even more adaptable to different operational requirements—whether wireless, wired, or hybrid deployments are needed.
Improved situational awareness
Flexnet’s sensor fusion and networked design, combined with secure communication, provide operators with accurate, real-time intelligence to support faster and more informed decision-making in the field.
Related product
FALCON Expanded Beam Connector
The FALCON connector has the best optical performance on the market with transfers speeds all the way up to 40 Gbit/s.
This collaboration strengthens both companies’ positions in the defense and security sector, delivering a solution that meets evolving global demands for resilient, stealth-enabled sensing systems.
For customers, the combined solution represents a capability upgrade—offering increased operational effectiveness, improved security, and greater adaptability in complex mission environments.
By combining Micropol’s expertise in advanced fiber optic technology with Bertin Exensor’s proven Flexnet platform, the partnership delivers a next-generation sensing solution designed for the realities of modern defense operations.