May 2008

3rd Gen FLIR Moving to SDD

The U.S. Army’s effort to develop and field a 3rd Gen FLIR is moving into the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase.

Agiltron Acquires MII

Agiltron, Inc. has acquired Multispectral Imaging, MII, the developer of uncooled microcantilever FPAs with a capacitive readout.

Bell Labs Uncooled FPA Development Looks for a Home

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs has stopped all work to develop an uncooled focal plane array. In October 2007, the company’s partner, Isonics Corp., ceased funding the program and all rights to the technology reverted to Alcatel-Lucent.

L-3 Completes Buy of Northrop Grumman EOS

 

GE Takes Minority Stake in Ulis

General Electric’s GE Commercial Finance is taking a 15% minority stake in Ulis, the supplier of uncooled amorphous silicon microbolometers.

Toyota Introducing NIR Active Night Vision with Pedestrian Detection

Toyota is introducing a near-infrared (NIR) active night vision system called Night View on the Crown Hybrid

New Infrared Imaging Products

 

Company Briefs

 

Government Contract Awards in Infrared Imaging

 

Government Contract Solicitations in Infrared Imaging