The ARGUS-IS, or the Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System, is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project contracted to BAE Systems.
It is intended for mounting and deployment on a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle, aka 'drone') platform.
The three principal components of ARGUS-IS are a 1.8 Gigapixels video system plus two processing subsystems, one in the air and the other located on the ground.
The sensor uses four lenses and 368 cellular phone cameras, 5 megapixels each.
See also:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_A160_Hummingbird
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