FLIR Systems has introduced three new camera core products to the unmanned market.
Displaying the three new models at the show, the company announced it had delivered its 11,000th infrared camera core into the unmanned vehicle market, making it the first manufacturer to reach this milestone.
The three new camera cores include two additions to the Tau family (the Tau LWIR and the Tau SWIR), as well as the Quark.
Tau 160/320/640-resolution camera cores are used on a variety of applications, including unattended ground sensor systems, weapon sights, and security and surveillance systems.
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The new Tau LWIR is a 320-resolution IR camera core with 17-micron pixels while the Tau SWIR incorporates a high-performance 640×480 resolution InGaAs focal plane array, and offers the same miniature form factor already adopted by a growing number of OEM partners. FLIR said the Tau SWIR achieves high quantum efficiency over the 900 to 1,700nm spectral band, which is a highly coveted range for a number of applications in night vision system design and commercial applications.
The third addition, Quark, has an innovative compact, lightweight design which is enabled by wafer-level packaging of the microbolometer sensor. These design breakthroughs allow a number of new capabilities and features, including ultrasmall volume (less than 0.5 cubic inches), low mass (less than 20 grams), and a shock rating of 800g.
Source: Flight Daily News