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Development of a Two Color Polarimetric Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Camera System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911QX-11-C-0035
Agency Tracking Number: A102-058-1325
Amount: $69,884.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A10-058
Solicitation Number: 2010.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-01-26
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
701 Pratt Avenue
Huntsville, AL -
United States
DUNS: 622989239
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Craig Farlow
 Senior Scientist
 (256) 617-0957
 craig.farlow@kordtechnologies.com
Business Contact
 Michael Saylor
Title: Executive Manager
Phone: (256) 990-1641
Email: msaylor@kordtechnologies.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The Army has identified the need to enhance existing reconnaissance and surveillance platforms by utilizing emerging sensor technologies to support both domestic and national security operations. Situational awareness imagery has become a vital tool for locating, identifying and helping to neutralize threats. However, recent US military experience in IRAQ as well as illegal entry into the US across national borders, vividly demonstrates the need for improvements in this type of imagery. Furthermore, the urgency of these threats demands quick, cost effective solutions that can be easily integrated into existing systems without loss of current functionality. One very promising enhancement is polarimetric imagery. Additional information, not available in visible and infrared imagery, is gained by producing a polarimetric image of a scene. An even greater potential exists when combining polarization imagery from two different wavebands. Kord Technologies and Digital Fusion plan to study the feasibility of developing a compact ruggedized two color polarimetric sensor. The proposed solution involves leveraging a dual band (MWIR/LWIR) infrared sensor developed and already fielded by a prime DoD contractor. The primary design effort will center on bonding (or fabricating) a micro-polarizer array (MPA) to the infrared focal plane array (FPA).

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