March 17, 2008 - John Hall and Dan Berube, OASYS, are co-authors with Jay Vizgaitis and Jason Miller, NVESD, at SPIE DSS show on “Third Generation FLIR Demonstrator” paper.

“Third Generation FLIR Demonstrator” (Vizgaitis, Hall, Miller, & Berube), SPIE Defense Security 2008, Vol. 6940 “Infrared Technology & Applications XXXIV”

Abstract: One of the benefits of 3rd Generation FLIR technology is the potential to maintain range performance but with a much smaller optical system. A 3rd Gen Demonstrator (3GD) has been assembled and tested to demonstrate this capability. The 3GD features a four field of view optical system incorporating dual f/number optics with an all-reflective folded three mirror anastigmat (TMA) afocal, axial zoom dual band imager, internal thermal reference, and a beam splitter port for integrating other sensors such as a visible camera. This paper discusses the results of the fabrication of this 3rd Gen demonstration system with an emphasis on lessons learned from the challenges of 3rd Gen optics.

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