SBIR-STTR Award

Development of a Two Color Polarimetric Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Camera System
Award last edited on: 10/12/2011

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : Army
Total Award Amount
$69,884
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
A10-058
Principal Investigator
Craig Farlow

Company Information

Kord Technologies Inc

635 Discovery Drive NW
Huntsville, AL 35806
   (256) 763-6500
   info@kordtechnologies.com
   www.kordtechnologies.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Madison

Phase I

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Phase I year
2011
Phase I Amount
$69,884
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).

Keywords:
Polarimetric, Micro-Polarizer Array, Mwir, Lwir, Fpa, Calibration, Mueller Matrix

Phase II

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