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September 2010
ENVG(O) Goes into High Gear with Three Awards
June 2010
The Latest on DARPA Infrared Programs
April 2010
Company Briefs
December 2009
Turning Fused Digital Night Vision Goggles into Reality
Company Briefs
November 2009
FLIR Systems Partnering with Sofradir on 3rd Gen
October 2009
New Infrared Imaging Products
September 2009
Pushing Uncooled Detector Technology to Its Limits
Smaller Pixels and Larger Formats
August 2009
3rd Gen Infrared Technology: What’s Next?
July 2009
DRS Separates Portions of its EO/IR Business into a Proxy Company
June 2009
Soldiers Test Digital Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
Comparing ENVG(D) and ENVG(O)
Running FPAs Hot
Groups Worldwide Vie to Operate Their Cooled FPAs “Less Cool”
May 2009
U.S. Defense Budget to Undergo Big Changes
Their Effect on Infrared
Uncooled Microbolometers Race to 17 Micron Pixels and Below
Uncooled Microbolometers Race to 17 Micron Pixels and Below
February 2009
U.S. Army Moves Ahead with 3rd Gen FLIR Award
SDD Contract Sets the Stage for Production of 3rd Gen FLIR Engines
December 2008
Company Briefs
October 2008
Future Weapon Sights
September 2008
Goodrich SUI SWIR Camera on Scan Eagle UAV
Candidates for STUAS Payload Line Up
Lockheed Martin Pathfinder Sensor in Flight Tests
Pilotage sensors vs. EVS
Company Briefs
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.
Company Briefs
June 2008
DX Rating for Uncooled FPAs Causes Commercial Shortage
The high priority for MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles and their infrared sensors, has led the U.S. Department of Defense to place a DX rating on components, such as uncooled microbolometers that are used in the Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVE) on these vehicles.
Finmeccanica to Acquire DRS
Finmeccanica S.p.A. (Italy) has agreed to acquire DRS Technologies for $5.2 billion in cash.
May 2008
3rd Gen FLIR Moving to SDD
The U.S. Army’s effort to develop and field a 3rd Gen FLIR is moving into the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase.
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.
March 2008
Thales UK Wins SSARF Program
Thales UK has been awarded the contract for the UK’s Surveillance System and Range Finding (SSARF) requirement. The company won with the latest version of its Joint-Target Acquisition System (J-TAS), a bi-ocular handheld sight that combines daylight and thermal vision (640 x 480 VOx uncooled microbolometer from DRS) with an eye-safe laser range finder embedded military GPS and azimuth angular referencing.
Company Briefs
December 2007
Company Briefs
November 2007
DRS Seeking to Replace IAI Tamam on Shadow
DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems is seeking to unseat IAI-Tamam as the supplier of the EO/IR system on the U.S. Army’s Shadow 200 Tactical UAV (RQ-7B). The Army wants an upgrade of the Shadow EO/IR system which includes a laser designator.
DRS Wins ASMS Phase II Award
DRS has been selected for Phase II of the Advanced Soldier Mobility Sensor (ASMS) program - to develop a low power sensor with digitally fused uncooled LWIR and Image Intensified (I2) images for use in a helmet mounted vision sensor for mobility, target detection, and situational awareness in complex terrain.
Company Briefs
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.
Company Briefs
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.
New Border Sensors Fired Up
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s SBInet sensor network on the Mexican border went into operation along a 28 mile stretch southwest of Tucson. The first section of the “virtual fence” consists of nine 98 foot towers with visible and infrared cameras that send images to a command center and to specially equipped Border Patrol vehicles.
June 2007
DRS Splits-Out Former Nytech Unit
DRS Technologies has split-out its former Nytech unit which was acquired in 2002. The new company, called N2 Imaging Systems, will continue to operate out of its original Irvine, California offices.
Company Briefs
April 2007
L-3 IR Products’ New Strategy on Auto Night Vision
L-3 Infrared Products is taking aim at the military driver’s vision enhancement (DVE) market with a new system intended to be used on tactical wheeled vehicles. The Diver’s Vision System (DVS) makes use of the company’s uncooled BST FPAs which are also used in its commercial automotive night vision system.
February 2007
Digital ENVG One Step Closer
The plan to replace the current helmet-mounted night vision goggles (NVG) with a digital Enhanced Night Vision Goggles [ENVG(D)] is moving closer to realization. Although numerous technical hurdles must still be surmounted, the U.S. Army has now laid out a schedule for bringing ENVG(D) into production.
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.
November 2006
Company Briefs
October 2006
Boeing Wins Secure Borders Initiative
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded the first phase of the Secure Border Initiative (SBInet) contract to a team led by Boeing. The program is intended to help secure both America’s southern and northern borders with a network of sensors.
New Infrared Imaging Products
August 2006
DRS Teaming with Intevac
DRS Technologies is partnering with Intevac to develop a head-mounted digitally fused night vision goggle. The NVG will digitally fuse images from DRS’ uncooled VOx microbolometers with low light level images from Intevac’s EBAPS (Electronically Bombarded Active Pixel Sensor) low-light-level CMOS imager.
June 2006
Company Briefs
May 2006
New Infrared Imaging Products
April 2006
DARPA HOT Program
DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office has awarded four 3-year contracts for the development of near room temperature (or “HOT - High Operating Temperature”) mid-wave infrared focal plane arrays. The FPAs are intended for future use in ground-based threat warning systems.
February 2006
Irvine Sensors in FFW Contract
Irvine Sensors has been awarded a contract by Rockwell Collins Optronics for the miniature thermal imagers for the Future Force Warrior (FFW) head-mounted sensor. The Irvine Sensors cameras are based on the company’s tiny CamNoir which makes use of an IC stacking technique (“Neo-Stack) for producing highly compact electronics packages.
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.
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.
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