Uncooled IR applications for the battlefield: ground-based sensors at Alliant Techsystems

Roger A. Lubke; John E. Overland; David Scott Willits

doi:10.1117/12.317686

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20 August 1998 Uncooled IR applications for the battlefield: ground-based sensors at Alliant Techsystems

Roger A. Lubke, John E. Overland, David Scott Willits

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Proceedings Volume 3393, Digitization of the Battlespace III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317686
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Uncooled IR has been predicted to dominate commercial IR design within five years. The military market is moving in the same direction but with unique requirements. Alliant Techsystems is currently designing and field testing uncooled IR sensors for dual mode seekers, aerial surveillance, fire control systems, and RSTA applications. This paper will review the tradeoffs for several of our ground based program applications. Performance models are given for several microbolometer sensor approaches.

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Roger A. Lubke, John E. Overland, and David Scott Willits "Uncooled IR applications for the battlefield: ground-based sensors at Alliant Techsystems", Proc. SPIE 3393, Digitization of the Battlespace III, (20 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317686

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