Electronic Military & Defense magazine was developed for engineers, program managers, project managers, and those involved in the design and development of electronic and electro-optic systems for military, defense, and aerospace applications.
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Sensors/Imaging Sensors/Imaging Stabilized Imaging Systems For Small, Tactical UAVs — 11EO/IR1 HoodTech's newest stabilized imaging payload for critical unmanned flight missions on small tactical UAVs is a compact (only 5,700 grams, including nose enclosure), 4-axis gyro-stabilized imaging system featuring the most advanced disturbance rejection and video processing technology with multiple imaging and tracking modes. The payload includes continuous zoom EO and MWIR imaging sensors in a sealed pan-over-tilt payload enclosure. The system includes an eye-safe laser rangefinder and NVG-compatible laser pointer. All HoodTech turrets are designed to deliver the highest ISR value per unit mass, volume, and power. On-board vision processors offer users proven target tracking, multiple moving target detection, and advanced image and payload processing functions. The Alticam 11 EO/IR1 has been military qualified for use on a key U.S. Navy UAS program. HoodTech has unsurpassed experience in stabilized imaging platforms, delivering over 4,000 payloads, and logging more than 600,000 combat flight hours. HOOD TECHNOLOGY VISION, INC. 3100 West Cascade Avenue Hood River, OR 97031 PH: (425) 445-8884 ◆ FX: (541) 387-2266 info@hoodtech.com ◆ www.hoodtech.com Photron's Fastcam SA-X is the highest performance high speed camera available, delivering 12,500 frames per second at mega pixel resolution. With 64 GB on-board memory and 12-bit dynamic range, the new camera provides excellent light sensitivity and superior image resolution. Designed for the most complex and demanding high speed imaging applications, the Fastcam SA-X provides optimum imaging performance for materials science, combustion research, fluid dynamics (PIV), defense and aerospace research, ballistics imaging, and shock waves and detonation. The new high speed imager's light sensitivity is 25,000 ISO monochrome measured to ISO standard 12232 Ssat specifications. Extremely high frame rates combine with short exposure time and ground-breaking light sensitivity to deliver the highest image quality possible. Photron's ultra-high-speed camera system can be controlled with the optional keypad or using Photron's award-winning Photron Fastcam Viewer (PFV) software. A software development kit and both MATLAB and LabVIEW wrappers are also included for use with user-engineered software. Visit www.photron.com for more information. Photron, Inc. 9520 Padgett Street, Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92126-4446 PH: (800) 585-2129 image@photron.com ◆ www.photron.com Sensors/Imaging Software Sensors Unlimited — Goodrich ISR Systems (Princeton, NJ) offers the smallest shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera for military imaging. The new cubic-inch GA640C-15A is smaller, lighter, and uses less power than any other SWIR camera on the market today. The camera features 640 x 512 pixel resolution with a 15-micron pitch. Weighing only 26g without its lens, and consuming only 1.5W, the camera is ideal for integration into handheld, helmet, or weapon-mounted surveillance devices, unmanned aircraft, and any ground or maritime imaging system where size, weight, and power consumption must be minimal. The Camera Link® digital output offers plug and play, 12-bit imagery for viewing, digital processing, and/or transmission. The uncooled SWIR detector images in real-time video (30 Hz), daylight to low light, through smoke, haze, and fog conditions. It operates without temperature stabilization using non-uniformity corrections (NUC) parameterized over temperatures. It also provides on-board automatic gain control (AGC), for hands-free operation. Sensors Unlimited — Goodrich ISR Systems 3490 Route 1, Building 12 Princeton, NJ 08540-5914 PH: (609) 520-0610 www.sensorsinc.com Antenna Design Software FEKO (www.feko.info) is a comprehensive electromagnetic simu- lation software tool, based on state of the art computational electromagnetics (CEM) techniques, enabling users to solve a wide range of electromagnetic problems. Typical applications include analyses of horns, radiation patterns and hazard zones, wire, reflector, conformal, and broadband antennas, microstrip patches, arrays, and antenna placement and design. FEKO's multiple solution techniques make it applicable to a wide range of problems suitable for many EMC/EMI applications like shielding and cable analysis problems including shielding effectiveness of an enclosure, cable coupling analysis in complex environments, e.g. wiring in a car, RCS analysis of large and small structures, lightening, radiation hazard (SAR), and also antenna place- ment analysis on electrically large platforms such as aircrafts, ships, armored vehicles, etc. EM Software & Systems (USA), Inc. 144 Research Drive, Hampton, VA 23666 Contact: Anu Bedi, Director of Marketing Administration PH: (757) 224-0548, ext. 406 feko@emssusa.com www.emssusa.com www.vertmarkets.com/electronics ■ Electronic Military & Defense 53 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT