Kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 ndi koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1970, makina ambiri ojambulira am'mlengalenga adasinthidwa ndi ma airborne ndi aerospace electro-optical and electronic sensor systems. Ngakhale kujambula kwamwambo kumagwira ntchito makamaka pamawonekedwe a kuwala kowoneka bwino, makina amakono owuluka mumlengalenga komanso pansi amatulutsa deta ya digito yomwe imaphimba kuwala kowoneka bwino, madera owoneka bwino a infrared, thermal infrared, ndi microwave spectral. Njira zachikhalidwe zotanthauzira zowoneka bwino pazithunzi zapamlengalenga ndizothandizabe. Komabe, kuyang'anira patali kumagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza zochitika zina monga kutengera mawonekedwe azinthu zomwe mukufuna, kuyeza kwazinthu, komanso kusanthula kwazithunzi za digito kuti muchotse zidziwitso.
Kuzindikira kwakutali, komwe kumatanthawuza mbali zonse za njira zodziwikiratu zakutali, ndi njira yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito electromagnetism kuti izindikire, kulemba ndi kuyeza mawonekedwe a chandamale ndipo tanthauzo lidaperekedwa koyamba mu 1950s. Munda wa kuzindikira kwakutali ndi mapu, umagawidwa m'njira za 2 zowonera: zogwira ntchito komanso zosagwira ntchito, zomwe Lidar sensing imagwira ntchito, imatha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake kuti ipereke kuwala kwa chandamale ndikuwona kuwala komwe kumawonekera kuchokera pamenepo.