HoodTech Vision, a manufacturer of low size, weight and power (SWaP) stabilised imaging systems for small manned and unmanned systems, will showcase two advanced gyro-stabilised systems at the Defense, Security + Sensing 2013 show last week at the Baltimore Convention Centre in Baltimore, Maryland (US).
Both imaging systems are designed for use with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and on piloted, fixed-wing airplanes, blimps, ground and surface vehicles.
HoodTech’s 09EO1 is a high zoom, electro-optical (EO) wavelength operation from 400 nanometres (nm) to 900nm daylight imaging system with an optional articulated nose enclosure for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The compact, 30 centimetre (cm) × 20cm Ø, lightweight cylinder weighs only 2775 grams (g), or 3470g with nose enclosure. Imager features include multiple operating modes, 160X zoom, narrow high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) to 0.3°, onboard Alticam Vision System (AVS) video processing with composite NTSC video output and picture-in-picture (PiP) display.
HoodTech’s 11EOIR1 includes continuous zoom EO and MWIR imagers, laser pointer and eyesafe laser rangefinder. The 4-axis gyro-stabilised gimbal (i.e., pivoted support that enables an object to rotate about a single axis) imaging system is a 25.4cm Ø sphere that weighs only 5700g with the turret enclosure. The dual sensors, 640 × 480 pixel medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) and 720 × 480 pixel EO, are also compatible with HoodTech’s proprietary AVS video processing system featuring composite NTSC video output. The laser beam pointer operates at 830 nanometres (nm), 150 milliwatts (mW), 1.0 millirad (mrad); the eye-safe rangefinder operates at more than 2000 meters on a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) target.
Source: Press Release