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Optical IR/UV Background Monitoring System

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
62598 		Program Year/Program:
2004 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F031-0271 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Agiltron Corporation
15 Presidential Way Woburn, MA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2004
Title: Optical IR/UV Background Monitoring System
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA9300-04-C-0025
Award Amount: $749,499.00
 

Abstract:

Agiltron proposes a new uncooled infrared imaging concept that meets the stringent requirements for background fire protection monitoring under intense EMI at the large Air Force Flight Test Center anechoic facility. The approach is fully compatible with silicon IC processing and utilizes a novel combination of optical read out of a surface micro-machined detector to achieve nearly instantaneous response, large filed of view, large array size, and RF immune operation. Our approach uniquely converts invisible imagines into visible color imagines that are read-out by a conventional CCD camera. The method eliminates traditional frame rate related temporal latency and is thus capable of generating multi-spectral images at update rates to 400 Hz. The design also facilitates large field of view (FOV) detection and is simple, compact, lightweight, low power, rugged, and long operating life. During Phase I, AGILTRON has progressed in several key aspects including large chamber monitoring system design and large FOV lens design/fabrication. We have also demonstrated the feasibility of multi-color sensing from NIR, MWIR, to LWIR at detection speeds exceeding 400 frames per second while also considered UV detection. In the proposed Phase II program, we develop and deliver a background monitoring system meeting the required specifications.

Principal Investigator:

Jing Zhao
9786941006
jingzhao@agiltron.com

Business Contact:

Lei Zhang
9786941006
Lzhang@agiltron.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

AGILTRON CORP.
220 Ballardvale St., Suite D Wilmington, MA 01887

EIN/Tax ID: 043539587
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No