Vehicle having side portholes and an array of fixed EO imaging sub-systems utilizing the portholes

A vehicle having electro-optic (EO) imaging, comprising:

• a vehicle body having an outer surface including a fixed front surface, a fixed back surface, a fixed near side surface, or a fixed far side surface said fixed front surface, fixed back surface, fixed near side surface, or fixed far side surface including at least one porthole, of a plurality of portholes arrayed about a location where a long axis of the vehicle body is located;
• a propulsion source within said vehicle body for moving said vehicle, and
• a fixed EO imaging system having a field-of-regard (FOR) comprising a plurality of fixed EO imaging sub-systems arrayed within said vehicle body,
• wherein said plurality of fixed EO imaging sub-systems each have a different field-of-view (FOV) for providing a portion of said FOR and comprise:
• a camera affixed within said vehicle body, and
• an optical window secured over ones of said plurality of portholes for transmitting electromagnetic radiation received from one of said plurality of portions of said FOR to said camera,
• wherein said camera generates image data representing one of said portions of said FOR therefrom, and
• a processor coupled to receive said image data from said plurality of fixed EO imaging sub-systems for combining said image data to provide composite image data spanning said FOR.