High speed cameras are used to capture pictures of very rapid events that would be impossible to capture with normal cameras.

Vetronics systems today are increasingly focused on C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance], interoperability with other battlefield elements, and the capability to be optionally unmanned if necessary.

In flight test instrumentation applications, high-speed cameras are essential for conducting photogrammetric studies to validate performance prediction models. Read about Curtiss-Wright's recently introduced high-speed camera.