OMNISTARE is an advanced naval IRST sensor system embracing a number of novel technologies to realize outstanding detection and tracking performance, straightforward platform integration, and excellent reliability /availability/ maintainability (RAM) characteristics. Its distributed sensor architecture enables the system to perform full panoramic and wide elevation surveillance without any blind arc sector, while its advanced real-time processing algorithms provide for early acquisition and accurate tracking of manoeuvring and/or stealthy targets while at the same time ensuring a very low false alarm rate.