WordNet
n. a closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group
Usage examples of "surveillance system".
There, as part of a worldwide Advanced Tactical Ocean Surveillance System, codenamed Classic Wizard, they served as the Indian Ocean downlink for the highly secret White Cloud satellite program.
The pilot didn't know much about the SIGINT activities, but SOSUS, the oceanic Sonar Surveillance System, was the principal means of detecting targets for the P-3C Orion crews to pounce on.
Battalion was in constant touch with HQC-1's all-seeing, automated command surveillance system.
Before then, she had to eliminate any guards they'd left behind, erase her presence from their surveillance system, and regain control.
Kilmara stood to one side of the giant screen, which was connected to the surveillance system controlled by the separate Mobile Command Center.
The surveillance system was primed to be on the lookout accordingly.
I attempt to access the planetary surveillance system, but without my Commanders assistance from the depots Command Center, I can work only through my permanent telemetry link to the Maintenance computer.
But the bogus major's snake-quick reaction hurled him to the floor behind the planetary surveillance system's holo display even as the rifle dealt with Deng.
Under discussions that we hope will come to fruition are the Galileo global-positioning system and the Sostar airborne ground-surveillance system.
He's almost sure to be in one of those tunnels, and since the city's surveillance system doesn't cover the tunnels, the screen won't either.