INFRARED IMAGING NEWS

Feature Articles in 2007

January 2007

• 3rd Gen FLIR Moves Out of R&D: U.S. Army Starts Procurement Process
• BMW Gives OK to Next Gen Auto Night Vision
• SCD Ramping Up Production of Uncooled VOx Microbolometers
• Power Plants a Good Market for Thermal Rifle Sights
• 2007 Infrared Imaging Calendar of Events
• Cantronic Acquisition of QWIP Systems: Deal Closes
• QinetiQ Receives DARPA Award: LACOSTE Program Seeks Lensless Imaging

February 2007

• Digital ENVG One Step Closer: Army Lays Out Procurement Plan
• Next TWS II Ready to Start: A New Thermal Weapon Sight Procurement
• World Infrared Markets: The Changing Landscape
• Israel Adopting New Export Control Act: Using the Wassenaar Control Lists
• Boeing Business Jets to Feature New Uncooled EVS
• Export Control Hurdles for 2007: New Wassenaar Provisions on IR Must Be Renewed by December

March

• Acreo Spins Off QWIP Business
• U.S. Defense Budget: A big Increase (but not for all IR programs)
• New DARPA IR Programs: Planning for Fiscal 2008
• SPIE’s Infrared Technologies & Applications Conference
• Esterline Corp. to Buy CMC Electronics

April 2007

• L-3 IR Products’ New Strategy on Auto Night Vision
• Zeiss Acquiring Denel Optronics
• LumaSense Buying Mikron
• Ann Arbor Sensor Develops New Ultra Low-Cost Thermopile
• Sofradir Awarded Contract for Space Sensors
• OASYS Head Mounted Display for TWS

May 2007

• T2SL Research Intensifies
• Canada Plans TWS Buy: Non-developmental Uncooled Sights
• Judson Enters FPA Market
• Selex’ Bet on MOVPE MVT FPAs Continues to Pay Off

June 2007

• The Status of Novel Uncooled Sensors
• NoblePeak Develops New Monolithic Visible to SWIR FPA
• DRS Splits-Out Former Nytech Unit: N2 Imaging is Born
• SPIE’s Infrared Technologies & Applications Conference
• Lockheed Martin Introduces Pilotage Sensor: Making the Most of M-TADS/PNVS

July 2007

• TWS II Bridge Awards: The Largest Uncooled program Ever
• Qioptiq Thermal Weapon Sights Now Shipping to Australia
• New Border Sensors Fired Up: SBInet in Action
• FLIR Systems Introduces New Marine Thermal Imagers
• Israeli Military Delegation Visits India: On the Lookout for More Infrared Business

August 2007

• Obzerv Range-Gated Camera Combined with Radar
• Fluke Acquires Ircon: More Consolidation in the IR Spot Market
• DARPA MTO Solicits New Programs: Broad Agency Announcement
• New IR Scene Projection Envisions Hybrid Approach
• Changes in Firefighter Grant Guidelines: Slowing Down the Process
• Low-End EVS Market Starts to Take Off: Enhanced Vision for Amateur-Built “Experimental Aircraft
• Goodrich to Modify U-2 Sensors for Space

September 2007

• DRS Seeks End to TWS Problems: Hopes to Resume Shipments in September
• French InGaAs Capability: Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab Develops FPA
• World Military IR Markets: Blazing Growth

• BAE Systems Wins Digital ENVG
• Schneider Electric Buys Pelco
• Nova Sensors Seeks to Push IR Scene Projection to New Heights with High Current RIICs
• Multispectral Imaging Improves Performance of Microcantilever Arrays

October 2007

• FLIR Buying Cedip
• Megapixel Airborne Targeting: Northrop Grumman Ups the Ante\
• New Uncooled EVS Systems: Max-Viz Enhances Value to Pilots
• Cantronic Reorganizes – Wins Orders in Spain: QWIPs for Security
• Soldato del Futuro: Italy’s Future Soldier System in Evaluation Phase

November 2007

• 3rd Gen FLIR: Improved Performance and Reduced Size
• Toward Gigapixel IRFPAs: L-3 Cincinnati Electronics Has Big Plans
• A-Si Matches VOx: Latest ULIS results Narrow the Gap
• Halfway Between an FPA and a Spot Sensor: Ritsumeikan University Develops IRSPD
• DRS Seeking to Replace IAI-Tamam on Shadow: Fly-off Planned for Early 2008
• Textron Acquiring UIC/AAI: Critical UAV Capability
• BAE Systems Wins CROWS II Uncooled Sights
• Survivability Sensor Suite
• DRS Wins ASMS Phase II Award: A Parallel Track to Digital ENVG

December 2007

• Autoliv Plans New Night Vision Product Launch
• British Dual-Band FPAs: Selex and QinetiQ Improve Performance
• Goodrich SUI Wins DARPA MISI Program
• ICx Launches IPO

Plus regular monthly columns on: New IRImaging Products • Company Briefs • Government Contract Awards and Contract Solicitations in Infrared Imaging.

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