1. A foveated imaging system, capable of capturing a wide field of view image and a foveated image, where the foveated image is a controllable region of interest of the wide field of view image, the system comprising: a. an objective lens, facing an external scene, configured to receive incoming light from an external scene and to focus the light upon a beamsplitter; b. a beamsplitter, configured to split the incoming light from the external scene into a wide field of view imaging path and a foveated imaging path; c. the wide field of view imaging path comprising: i. a first stop, separate from the objective lens, which limits the amount of light received in the wide field of view path from the beamsplitter; ii. a wide field of view imaging lens, different from the objective lens and configured to receive light from the first stop and form a wide field view image on a wide field of view imaging sensor; iii. a wide field of view imaging sensor, configured to receive light from the wide field of view imaging lens; d. the foveated imaging path consisting of: i. a second stop, which limits the amount of light received in the foveated imaging path from the beamsplitter; ii. a scanning mirror, the scanning mirror being a multi-axis movable mirror configured to reflect the light from the beamsplitter; iii. a reflective surface, disposed upon the beamsplitter, configured to direct light reflected by the scanning mirror; iv. a foveated imaging lens, configured to receive a portion of the light, associated with a region of interest of the external scene, from the scanning mirror, and form a foveated image on a foveated imaging sensor; and v. a foveated imaging sensor, configured to receive light from the foveated imaging lens, wherein the incoming light from the external scene passes through the objective lens-to the beamsplitter, wherein the beamsplitter divides the light into the two optical paths, the wide field of view imaging path and the foveated imaging path, wherein the light passes through the first stop to the wide field of view imaging lens-along the wide field of view imaging path, wherein the wide field of view imaging lens focuses the wide field of view image upon the wide field of view imaging sensor, wherein the light passes through the second stop to the scanning mirror along the foveated imaging path, wherein the scanning mirror reflects a region of interest toward the foveated imaging lens through the reflective surface on the beam splitter, wherein the foveated imaging lens focuses the foveated image upon the foveated imaging sensor, and wherein the two images are recorded by the wide field of view and foveated sensors, a wide field of view image and a higher resolution image of the region of interest within it.