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July 2010
Putting 200 Million Pixels on Target
Lockheed Martin Wins ARGUS–IR Contract
BAE Systems to Reorganize in U.S.
The Effect on Infrared Operations
June 2010
The Latest on DARPA Infrared Programs
The New U.S. Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) and Infrared Sensors
April 2010
Progress in T2SL Infrared Detectors
March 2010
NIT in Spain Launches Lead Selenide Products
January 2010
Company Briefs
December 2009
Turning Fused Digital Night Vision Goggles into Reality
November 2009
Army Makes a Second Laser Targeting Locator Module (LTLM) Award
Northrop Grumman Wins with its Mark VIIE
September 2009
Pushing Uncooled Detector Technology to Its Limits
Smaller Pixels and Larger Formats
BAE Systems Wins Laser Targeting Locator Module (LTLM)
Partners with Vectronix
June 2009
Soldiers Test Digital Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
Comparing ENVG(D) and ENVG(O)
May 2009
MDA Places Bet on Superlattice Detectors as Potential Replacement for MCT
Launches FastFPA Program
U.S. Defense Budget to Undergo Big Changes
Their Effect on Infrared
Uncooled Microbolometers Race to 17 Micron Pixels and Below
December 2008
BAE Systems PbSe Development
Company Pursues Military, Commercial Markets
November 2008
Axsys Expands Operations
Increases Product Offerings
BAE Systems Digital ENVG Tested by Army
August 2008
BAE Systems Developing Wide Field-of-View Airborne Surveillance System for AWAPSS
The system is making use of custom-designed FPAs
Space Based IR Sensor Program Morphs to Next Phase
The Alternative Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) program has become a follow-on to SBIRS High
July 2008
Multiple Kill Vehicle Seeker Development Moves to Next Phase
The Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) program for developing a robust mid-course ballistic missile interceptor is moving to a prototype seeker that will be able to track multiple targets and then guide multiple kill vehicles to destroy them.
June 2008
Lead Salts Make a Comeback
Imaging lead salt FPAs are poised to make a comeback for niche military applications after having almost disappeared from view. Last month the U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman (Rolling Meadows) a 20 month $6.1 million contract to continue development on a two-color uncooled, midwave, Lead Selenide (PbSe) Passive Infrared Cueing System (PICS).
May 2008
Government Contract Awards in Infrared Imaging
April 2008
The Race to 17 Micron Pixels
Manufacturers of uncooled microbolometers are racing to develop and introduce focal plane arrays with 17 micron pixels. The smaller size pixels are seen by producers as a way to differentiate their products and as a path to lower cost and higher volume markets.
February 2008
BAE Systems Opens New Sensor Development Center
BAE Systems is opening a new 33,000 square foot electro-optics/infrared Sensor Technology Design Center to support military products based on the company’s VOx microbolometers.
January 2008
BAE Systems Tests AALC
BAE Systems has completed the first test of an autonomous landing system intended for large mobility and transport aircraft. The test demonstrated the system’s ability to enhance pilot vision in a simulated zero-visibility landing scenario.
November 2007
BAE Systems Wins CROWS II Uncooled Sights
BAE Systems Infrared Imaging Systems has been awarded a five-year IDIQ contract for up to 6,500 uncooled TIM1500 modules for use in the CROWS II (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station) made by Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS.
September 2007
DRS Seeks End to TWS Problems
DRS Technologies is seeking to put an end to its Thermal Weapon Sight woes after having suspended shipments of TWS II for over five months due to a boresighting problem.
BAE Systems Wins Digital ENVG
BAE Systems Infrared Imaging Systems has won an advanced technology demonstration award for the Digital Enhanced Night Vision Goggle, ENVG(D).
July 2007
TWS II Bridge Awards
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts for the Thermal Weapon Sight II (TWS) Bridge, which is the largest uncooled program to date.
February 2007
Company Briefs
December 2006
Uncooled with 17 µm Pixels
The U.S. Army’s effort to keep pushing the performance of uncooled sensor technology is again bearing fruit. All four contractors developing ultra-small pixel uncooled microbolometers have demonstrated 640 x 480 focal plane arrays with 17 µm pixels in thermal weapon sights.
August 2006
Company Briefs
July 2006
BAE Systems Wins DAS Contract
BAE Systems E&IS Sensor Systems has been awarded a $6.1 million 21-month contract to develop a DAS (Distributed Aperture System) for U.S. Army combat vehicles. The system is intended to provide the driver and crew members of armored vehicles with unprecedented situational awareness.
New Infrared Imaging Products
May 2006
BAE Systems IRIS Gets Qualified for TWS
The Thermal Weapon Sights (TWS) made by BAE Systems IR Imaging Systems have completed qualification testing by the U.S. Army.
February 2006
Prelude to TWS III
Although the U.S. Army’s TWS II program using high performance 25 µm pixel uncooled VOx microbolometers (640 x 480 and 320 x 240) is just getting started, the next-generation, with 17 µm pixels is already getting underway. Under a program funded by PEO Soldier and with the technical monitoring of the Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate, four companies have been selected to develop 640 x 480 microbolometers with 17 µm pixels and deliver two Thermal Weapon Sights and two thermal imaging modules.
Coast Guard SeeCoast to Extend Port Protection
The U.S. Coast Guard’s SeeCoast port surveillance program is adding infrared and electro-optic cameras to the Port Security and Monitoring System so as to detect, classify and track vessels.
New Infrared Imaging Products
January 2006
Uncooled B-kit in Phase II
The U.S. Army’s effort to develop standard interchangeable imaging modules based on uncooled VOx microbolometers went into Phase II with the awarding of contracts to BAE Systems Infrared Imaging Systems, DRS Infrared Technologies and Raytheon Vision Systems in September 2005. Under Phase II of the Uncooled B-Kit (UBK) program, the emphasis is on 640 x 480 pixel imaging modules.
ARL and BAE Systems Team on T2SL FPAs
Researchers from the Army Research Laboratory, ARL are teaming with BAE Systems under the Advanced Sensor Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) program to make mid-wave Type II Superlattice (T2SL) focal plane arrays. The semiconductor layers (InAs on a GaSb substrate) were grown by ARL and the FPA processing and hybridization to an Indigo ISC9809 read-out IC (ROIC) were carried out at BAE Systems.
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