Kuva mu mpera za 1960 no mu ntangiriro ya za 70, sisitemu gakondo yo mu karere gakondo yasimbuwe na airborne na aerospace electro-optique na optique ya elegitoroniki. Mugihe amafoto yubukondo akorera cyane cyane mu burebure bwagaragaye - umuyoboro wa none hamwe na sisitemu yo kumva neza. Kugaragarira uturere tugaragara, tugaragaza uturere twinshi, ndetse n'uturere twinshi twa microwave. Uburyo gakondo bwo gusobanura mu mafoto yo mu kirere biracyafasha. Nubwo bimeze bityo, kwiyumvisha kure bitwikiriye porogaramu yagutse, harimo izindi gikorwa nkicyitegererezo cyimiterere yintego, ibipimo byiza byibintu, hamwe nisesengura rya digitale kugirango ukuramo amakuru.
Kubyumva kure, bivuga ibintu byose byo kutavugana tekinike ndende, nuburyo bukoresha amagorofa yo gutahura kugirango tumenye, inyandiko no gupima ibiranga intego kandi ibisobanuro byasabwe bwa mbere muri 1950. Umwanya wo kwishima no gushushanya, bigabanyijemo uburyo 2 bwumva kandi butera ubwoba, bwinosora, bushobora gukoresha imbaraga zayo kugirango tumenyeshe intego kandi tumenye urumuri rugaragarira.