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Goodrich Corporation
Company Description
Sensors Unlimited-Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
Contact Information
 3490 US Rte 1 - Bldg 12
Princeton,NJ
United States
Press Releases
| Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ New 1.3Mpixel, Mil-Hardened 1280 x 1024 Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Camera
• High sensitivity, lightweight and compact 60Hz SWIR camera – ideal for UAS
PRINCETON, NJ, Apr. 19, 2011 ––Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems introduces a 1.3 Mpixel, indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) video camera, the GA-1280J-15A, offering the highest sensitivity available in a military-hardened NIR-SWIR camera. The new, high-resolution J-Series SWIR camera features 1280 x 1024 pixels, with 15ěm pitch and 60Hz full frame rate. Compact (less than 4.3 cubic in.) and lightweight (less than 125g), the camera easily fits on board most unmanned aerial or ground vehicle systems, hand-held, and mobile surveillance systems. For added convenience, the camera is also available in an OEM model which can be integrated into higher level systems.
The uncooled SWIR camera is available in two versions: one operates in the shortwave infrared from 0.9 µm to 1.7 µm spectral range; the other offers extended NIR-SWIR range from 0.7 µm to 1.7 µm. The cameras, which have no mechanical shutters, can image through fog, smoke, haze, or dusty conditions. From low-light to daylight, the ruggedized, solid-state SWIR cameras are ideal for persistent surveillance and other military, aerospace, and marine operations. Both OEM camera models integrate easily into existing gimbaled or handheld imaging systems, enabling visual verification of laser location and imaging during thermal crossover – the hours of sunrise and sunset – when the performance of traditional thermal imaging systems is degraded.
According to Dr. John Trezza, Vice President for Force Protection, Goodrich's ISR
Systems’ Princeton team, “The Goodrich high-resolution SWIR camera revolutionizes the SWIR imaging market with a 1.3Mpixel imager at 15ěm pitch, demonstrating Goodrich’s continued leadership in the SWIR marketplace. Combined with Goodrich’s InGaAs detectors, which offer the lowest dark current in the industry, this new camera opens up many new applications where high resolution and sensitivity in the SWIR are critical.”
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The J-series SWIR camera features include on-board automatic gain control (AGC) and built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs). The internal circuitry of the ROIC and the dynamic range processing on board the camera address the challenges of urban night imaging without blooming. Camera Link® digital output provides intuitive plug-and-play video operation with high quality 12-bit images for digital image processing or transmission.
Goodrich will premier the new GA-1280J-15A SWIR camera at SPIE’s Defense, Security and Sensing (DSS) exhibition from April 25-29, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL. For more information, please stop by Goodrich’s booth #723 for a demonstration.
Sensors Unlimited-Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com. |
| Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems Sponsors OCT News Student Travel Grant 2012
• Mr. Zhao Wang from Case Western Reserve University receives student travel award.
PRINCETON, NJ, Jan. 12, 2012 ––Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems announces its participation and collaboration with Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) News’ annual Student Travel Grant Awards program. Goodrich is pleased to sponsor Mr. Zhao Wang, one of four student applicants who qualify for the $1000 travel award this year, based on judges’ scores for technical merit, clarity, and novelty in the field of OCT. According to Publisher Eric Swanson of OCT News, the goal of the grant program is to assist in the travel expenses of a student, enabling him/her to attend an OCT-related conference or meeting, such as the upcoming SPIE BiOS/Photonics West at The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, January 21- 26, 2012.
Working with Dr. Andrew M. Rollins, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mr. Wang’s research is being conducted at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Department of Biomedical Engineering. The research objective is to propose and validate a computer-aided OCT method that can quantify the fibrous cap (FC) thickness in-vivo of vulnerable plaques in the walls of arteries. The proposed 3D color visualization method has a great potential to be used in clinic for fast, accurate, and consistent volumetric quantification of FC. This OCT technology may advance our understanding of the mechanisms behind the rupture of thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) which now accounts for most acute coronary events.
The travel grant sponsor, Sensors Unlimited-Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for applications such as OCT and for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and other scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
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| Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ New Large-Format InGaAs Camera Features CE Certification for European Union
• New SU640KTS is a compact, large-format shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera that meets EU standards and features the CE mark.
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems announces the compact, large-format indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) high-resolution shortwave infrared snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS. The new imager has met all Conformite Europeene (CE) and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards for radiated and conducted emissions, for immunity from such emissions, and for electrostatic discharge (ESD) resistance. The CE mark ensures compatibility with the toughest country requirements for instruments delivered to European Union customers.
The SU640KTS operates in the SWIR (from 0.9 microns to 1.7 microns) at 30 frames per second. The solid-state, uncooled 640 x 512 pixel array camera with 25 µm pitch also features built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs), automatic gain control (AGC), and adjustable automatic contrast enhancement. It offers both EIA-170 analog video output and Camera Link® compatibility for 12-bit digital imaging. Extensive camera commands and controls are also available using the Camera Link interface or via a separate EIA232 interface, for added flexibility.
For solar applications, the high resolution, large-format camera is ideally suited for silicon block, silicon ingot, or wafer inspection. Other applications include integrated circuit microscopy, machine vision of moving objects, sorting, inspection, hyper- and multi-spectral imaging, pulsed or continuous wave (CW) laser-beam profiling, thermal imaging at >150 degrees C through glass windows, and full-field optical coherence tomography (OCT) at 1.04 µm, 1.31 µm, or 1.55 µm.
The new, low power (<2.5 W at 20 degrees C, 9-16 V) InGaAs camera comes with a C-mount lens adapter. Camera options include a C-mount 25 mm f/1.4 lens, Nikon 50 mm f/1.4 lens with an F-mount adapter, or a SWIR optimized 50 mm f/1.4 lens with the Goodrich 42 mm interface adapter. Also available is an imaging pack consisting of 2 meter Camera Link cable and the National Instruments PCIe-1427 frame grabber card. |
| Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ New Large-Format InGaAs Camera Features CE Certification for European Union
• New SU640KTS is a compact, large-format shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera that meets EU standards and features the CE mark.
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems announces the compact, large-format indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) high-resolution shortwave infrared snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS. The new imager has met all Conformite Europeene (CE) and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards for radiated and conducted emissions, for immunity from such emissions, and for electrostatic discharge (ESD) resistance. The CE mark ensures compatibility with the toughest country requirements for instruments delivered to European Union customers.
The SU640KTS operates in the SWIR (from 0.9 microns to 1.7 microns) at 30 frames per second. The solid-state, uncooled 640 x 512 pixel array camera with 25 µm pitch also features built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs), automatic gain control (AGC), and adjustable automatic contrast enhancement. It offers both EIA-170 analog video output and Camera Link® compatibility for 12-bit digital imaging. Extensive camera commands and controls are also available using the Camera Link interface or via a separate EIA232 interface, for added flexibility.
For solar applications, the high resolution, large-format camera is ideally suited for silicon block, silicon ingot, or wafer inspection. Other applications include integrated circuit microscopy, machine vision of moving objects, sorting, inspection, hyper- and multi-spectral imaging, pulsed or continuous wave (CW) laser-beam profiling, thermal imaging at >150 degrees C through glass windows, and full-field optical coherence tomography (OCT) at 1.04 µm, 1.31 µm, or 1.55 µm.
The new, low power (<2.5 W at 20 degrees C, 9-16 V) InGaAs camera comes with a C-mount lens adapter. Camera options include a C-mount 25 mm f/1.4 lens, Nikon 50 mm f/1.4 lens with an F-mount adapter, or a SWIR optimized 50 mm f/1.4 lens with the Goodrich 42 mm interface adapter. Also available is an imaging pack consisting of 2 meter Camera Link cable and the National Instruments PCIe-1427 frame grabber card. |
| Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ New Large-Format InGaAs Camera Features CE Certification for European Union
• New SU640KTS is a compact, large-format shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera that meets EU standards and features the CE mark.
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems announces the compact, large-format indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) high-resolution shortwave infrared snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS. The new imager has met all Conformite Europeene (CE) and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards for radiated and conducted emissions, for immunity from such emissions, and for electrostatic discharge (ESD) resistance. The CE mark ensures compatibility with the toughest country requirements for instruments delivered to European Union customers.
The SU640KTS operates in the SWIR (from 0.9 microns to 1.7 microns) at 30 frames per second. The solid-state, uncooled 640 x 512 pixel array camera with 25 µm pitch also features built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs), automatic gain control (AGC), and adjustable automatic contrast enhancement. It offers both EIA-170 analog video output and Camera Link® compatibility for 12-bit digital imaging. Extensive camera commands and controls are also available using the Camera Link interface or via a separate EIA232 interface, for added flexibility.
For solar applications, the high resolution, large-format camera is ideally suited for silicon block, silicon ingot, or wafer inspection. Other applications include integrated circuit microscopy, machine vision of moving objects, sorting, inspection, hyper- and multi-spectral imaging, pulsed or continuous wave (CW) laser-beam profiling, thermal imaging at >150 degrees C through glass windows, and full-field optical coherence tomography (OCT) at 1.04 µm, 1.31 µm, or 1.55 µm.
The new, low power (<2.5 W at 20 degrees C, 9-16 V) InGaAs camera comes with a C-mount lens adapter. Camera options include a C-mount 25 mm f/1.4 lens, Nikon 50 mm f/1.4 lens with an F-mount adapter, or a SWIR optimized 50 mm f/1.4 lens with the Goodrich 42 mm interface adapter. Also available is an imaging pack consisting of 2 meter Camera Link cable and the National Instruments PCIe-1427 frame grabber card. |
| AFRL Selects Goodrich for Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT)
• Goodrich to develop survivability solutions for SWIR cameras
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, to develop solutions for its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensors. A contract released under AFRL’s Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT) program covers the investigation of approaches for SWIR detectors. Work will be performed by Goodrich’s ISR Systems team in Princeton, NJ.
According to Dr. David Dawes, manager of business development for Goodrich’s ISR Systems Princeton team, “Our work on the ADePT program will develop materials and techniques to improve the survivability of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting sensors, giving our warfighters a great advantage on the battlefield. We look forward to developing and deploying this enhanced capability to many diverse platforms.”
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The Goodrich system is extremely small, low power and lightweight; this is achieved using specialized indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) materials and advanced circuitry allow it to run without cooling, whereas other imaging devices in the SWIR band need cumbersome power-hungry cooling systems.
The Goodrich ISR Systems team in Princeton, N.J. (formerly Sensors Unlimited, Inc.) has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| AFRL Selects Goodrich for Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT)
• Goodrich to develop survivability solutions for SWIR cameras
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, to develop solutions for its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensors. A contract released under AFRL’s Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT) program covers the investigation of approaches for SWIR detectors. Work will be performed by Goodrich’s ISR Systems team in Princeton, NJ.
According to Dr. David Dawes, manager of business development for Goodrich’s ISR Systems Princeton team, “Our work on the ADePT program will develop materials and techniques to improve the survivability of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting sensors, giving our warfighters a great advantage on the battlefield. We look forward to developing and deploying this enhanced capability to many diverse platforms.”
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The Goodrich system is extremely small, low power and lightweight; this is achieved using specialized indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) materials and advanced circuitry allow it to run without cooling, whereas other imaging devices in the SWIR band need cumbersome power-hungry cooling systems.
The Goodrich ISR Systems team in Princeton, N.J. (formerly Sensors Unlimited, Inc.) has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| AFRL Selects Goodrich for Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT)
• Goodrich to develop survivability solutions for SWIR cameras
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, to develop solutions for its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensors. A contract released under AFRL’s Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT) program covers the investigation of approaches for SWIR detectors. Work will be performed by Goodrich’s ISR Systems team in Princeton, NJ.
According to Dr. David Dawes, manager of business development for Goodrich’s ISR Systems Princeton team, “Our work on the ADePT program will develop materials and techniques to improve the survivability of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting sensors, giving our warfighters a great advantage on the battlefield. We look forward to developing and deploying this enhanced capability to many diverse platforms.”
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The Goodrich system is extremely small, low power and lightweight; this is achieved using specialized indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) materials and advanced circuitry allow it to run without cooling, whereas other imaging devices in the SWIR band need cumbersome power-hungry cooling systems.
The Goodrich ISR Systems team in Princeton, N.J. (formerly Sensors Unlimited, Inc.) has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| 92 KHz Shortwave Infrared Digital Line Scan Camera
Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems announces the new SU1024LDH2, a high speed, digital line scan SWIR-indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) camera. The second generation 1024-pixel, high speed camera features an increased line rate to over 91,900 lines per second, making it ideal for spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging applications. In the 1.05 microns wavelength band, the new imager can capture detailed 3D SD-OCT volumes of the retina, choroidal vasculature and nerve head, offering important detail beyond the depth capability of current 0.84 micron systems.
The compact camera housing features both metric and SAE mounting holes on multiple sides for easy configuration into existing systems or for other positioning purposes. Small (3 inches W x 3 inches H x 2.4 inches L) and cost-effective, the LDH2 SWIR camera can be easily mounted to spectrometers. Optional adapters are also available for C-mount, or F-mount lenses for use with machine vision applications.
Goodrich’s new high speed camera has a wavelength response range from over 0.8 microns to 1.7 microns with a 25 micron pixel pitch and aperture heights of 25 microns or 500 microns.
The SU1024LDH2 provides an integrate-while-read snapshot acquisition and the operator-selectable trigger modes include free run, single line per trigger, programmable exposure, or gated burst.
The LDH2 is ideal for SWIR imaging applications, such as high speed absorption or emission spectroscopy for use in combustion research or for agricultural/food product inspection. These applications are based on detecting the moisture, lipids, proteins, or other molecular vibration absorbance bands in the 800-1700 nm range. Other applications include high speed inspection of silicon boules or wafers for photovoltaics, solar cell/panel inspection, integrated circuits, and many machine vision tasks for sorting and monitoring continuous processes. |
| 640x512 Resolution InGaAs SWIR Mil-Hardened Video Camera
• Featuring the highest sensitivity available in SWIR (0.9 µm to 1.7 µm) cameras and in the optional NIR/SWIR extended spectral range (0.7 µm to 1.7 µm).
Goodrich Corporation’s ISR Systems Princeton team (formerly Sensors Unlimited, Inc.) introduces the highest sensitivity, mil-hardened, indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) shortwave infrared (SWIR) uncooled video camera for military imaging systems, covert surveillance and marine intelligence applications. The new SU640HSX features a 640 x 512 pixel format with a 25 micron pitch, advanced dynamic range enhancements, expanded configuration memory and a wide operating temperature range from - 40 degrees to 70 degrees Celsius. The ultra-compact cameras are capable of imaging through atmospheric obscurants such as fog, haze and smoke. With on-board automatic gain control (AGC), built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs), and user-selectable contrast enhancement modes, the InGaAs SWIR sensors provide real-time daylight to low-light imaging in the SWIR for 24/7 passive surveillance and laser detection.
The camera has been ruggedized for harsh environments and is subjected to environmental stress screening prior to shipping. Featuring low power consumption (<2.7 W at 20 degrees Celsius), the solid-state, mil-hardened imager is MIL-STD-810G certified for mechanical shock, vibration, humidity, altitude, temperature, explosive atmosphere and transportability. The compact, enclosed module (< 9.5 in.ł) is certified for conducted and radiated emissions per FCC CE and MIL-461F regulations. The small (< 3.8 in.ł) OEM module is ideal for integrating into manned or unmanned airborne systems, handheld or robotic ground systems, and for driver vision enhancement (DVE) applications.
Goodrich’s high sensitivity InGaAs SWIR SU640HSX mil-hardened camera is smaller, lighter weight, and consumes less power than cooled mid-wave or long-wave infrared imagers and competing germanium-based cameras. For a SWIR camera demonstration, please stop by Goodrich’s booth # 2215 at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America from August 24-27, 2010 at the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colo.
For more information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| Low SWaP Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Imager for UAVs
• 640 x 512 resolution, uncooled SWIR camera features low size, weight, and power (SWaP)
Goodrich Corporation’s ISR Systems’ Princeton team (formerly Sensors Unlimited, Inc.) has introduced the smallest SWaP (size weight and power) short wave infrared camera for unmanned vehicles. The 640 x 512 pixel (25µm pitch) camera weighs 120g (less than four and a half ounces) with the 23mm f/1.15 lens, providing a 40-degree field of view. The <4.9 cubic inch total volume allows it to easily fit on board most unmanned aerial or ground vehicle systems (UAS or UGS). Currently the low-SWaP camera is installed in the nose cone of a Raven hand-launched unmanned aerial system.
The SWIR camera, sensitive from 0.7µm to 1.7µm, is installed on the Raven UAS with a 320 x 240 resolution long-wave infrared (LWIR) microbolometer. The shortwave infrared camera augments the microbolometer’s thermal night imaging capabilities by enabling visual verification of laser location and imaging during thermal crossover – the hours of sunrise and sunset – when the performance of traditional thermal imaging systems is degraded.
According to Martin Ettenberg, director of business development for Goodrich's ISR Systems Princeton team, "The Goodrich SWIR camera combined with the LWIR microbolometer on the same platform allows 24-hour coverage from a single unmanned aerial system. This provides warfighters new capabilities and new concept of operations while meeting the low-SWaP requirements of the modern battlefield. It also eases the physical burden on warfighters by allowing them to carry a single camera payload." |
| Cameras in Space, Slated for Lunar Crash, Oct. 9, 2009
• Shortwave infrared detectors are on-board LCROSS Mission to Moon
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems and manufacturers of shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras and systems based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology, announces that two of Goodrich’s SWIR-InGaAs cameras have been launched into space and are now in transit to the moon aboard NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft. According to NASA, the main mission of LCROSS is to confirm the presence or absence of water ice on the moon. At 7:30 AM (EDT) on Friday, October 9, 2009, the LCROSS spacecraft will separate into two sections, with the Centaur rocket impacting the lunar surface, kicking up a large plume of dust. The shepherding spacecraft section will follow four minutes later to image and analyze the resultant dust plume for water vapor. Goodrich’s InGaAs cameras are ideal for detecting the strong moisture contrast in the shortwave infrared.
Ed Hart, VP and General Manager of Goodrich ISR Systems (Princeton, NJ), notes, “We are delighted that two of our InGaAs-SWIR cameras are part of this exciting mission to determine whether there is water on the moon. Both Goodrich cameras were selected for the mission over three years ago and integrated into the imaging payload of the shepherding spacecraft. Since the launch a few weeks ago, they have been checked out in space and are working well. Upon LCROSS lunar impact on October 9, 2009, our cameras will be part of the fly-by spacecraft imaging system that will document the resulting debris expected to rise above the lunar surface and help determine whether water vapor is present or not.”
NASA documents note that debris plumes are expected to be visible from Earth- and space-based telescopes, 10-to 12-inches and larger. For more information on the LCROSS mission, go to: www.lcross.arc.nasa.gov. The LCROSS lunar impact will be broadcast live on October 9, 2009 on NASA TV. |
| SWIR Cameras on Board Historic LCROSS Lunar Crash Mission
• Images will help determine presence of water on the moon – Lunar crash slated for Oct.9, 2009
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, employees will be eating MoonPies and watching television this Friday morning as they view images resulting from a NASA rocket crashing into the dark side of the moon. The employees design and build the innovative short wave infrared (SWIR) cameras, based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology, that will image and analyze the cloud of post-crash debris. The images could prove the presence of water on the moon, a key to future space exploration and understanding of the solar system.
The lunar crash is part of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the moon. A ‘shepherding spacecraft’ carrying a cadre of sophisticated instruments, including two InGaAS-SWIR cameras, will orbit the moon at the precise moment, a Centaur rocket will be launched from the spacecraft for an impact at twice the speed of a bullet into a crater near the moon’s south pole. The rocket’s impact will raise a cloud of dust and debris that is expected to contain particles of ice. The SWIR cameras will record images of the debris, which will be transmitted back to Earth in real time for evaluation.
Because the Goodrich SWIR cameras can detect moisture contrast through dust, smoke and fog, they have the unique ability to accurately record the LCROSS crash incident for precise study of the debris cloud. SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The extremely small and lightweight size of the Goodrich system makes it ideal for space travel use of advanced materials and circuitry allow it to run without cooling, unlike other night vision technologies that need cumbersome cooling systems.
“Our 80 employees in Princeton are looking forward to making history with the LCROSS mission,” said Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Princeton operations, Goodrich ISR Systems. “The SWIR technology provides unmatched capability for numerous applications from fire fighting to homeland security, and we are honored to bring this capability to further mankind’s knowledge of space.”
While the LCROSS mission marks the first time that the Goodrich SWIR camera has made it into space, it came close to making the trip back in 2005 as part of the carry-on gear of a space tourist. Princeton-based entrepreneur Greg Olsen was one of the founders of Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (now part of Goodrich) that developed the small, SWIR sensing technology. In 2005, Olsen traveled with Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station. He planned on taking along one of the company's small SWIR cameras to image the Earth, seeing through clouds and capturing details of weather formations. But the U.S. government would not allow the SWIR camera to travel to Russia due to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), citing its military significance. |
| SWIR Cameras Help Determine Presence of Water on the Moon
• Images from NASA's historic LCROSS lunar crash mission reveal water in debris plume.
Images provided by innovative shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras from Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, supplied preliminary data that NASA scientists used to determine the presence of water on the Moon. During a historic mission on October 9, 2009, a NASA rocket was launched into a crater near the Moon's south pole images from the SWIR cameras showed evidence of water in the post-crash debris plume.
The lunar crash was part of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the Moon. Two Goodrich SWIR - referred to by NASA as "near infrared" - cameras were part of the payload aboard the spacecraft, along with the Centaur rocket that was hurled onto the Moon's surface. Images of the vapor and debris plume created by the rocket's impact were recorded by the SWIR cameras, and were analyzed to determine the presence of water on the Moon.
Because the Goodrich SWIR cameras detect moisture contrast through dust, smoke and fog, they were able to accurately record the LCROSS crash incident for precise study of the debris cloud. SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. Use of advanced materials and circuitry allow for the cameras to be very small and lightweight, making them ideal for space travel.
"Our talented ISR Systems team has played a key role in determining the future of Space exploration and our understanding of the solar system," said Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Princeton operations, Goodrich ISR Systems. "The SWIR technology continues to demonstrate unmatched capability and high reliability under extreme operating conditions, from the sub-zero degree depths of space to fire-fighting and battlefield environments." |
| Advanced Night Vision Technology Development
• Third phase of DARPA’s PCAR Program will enhance object and human identification in darker conditions
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, (www.sensorsinc.com) has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to further develop its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging technology for enhanced night vision capability. Under DARPA's Photon Counting Array (PCAR) program, Goodrich will develop materials and circuitry to allow its small, lightweight cameras to provide images under darker conditions than previously possible. Work will be performed at Goodrich's ISR Systems business in Princeton, N.J.
The selection represents the third phase of the PCAR program Sensors Unlimited, Inc.- Goodrich completed the first two phases of PCAR from 2005 through mid-2009, and demonstrated the technology's ability to produce imagers that delivered less "noise," or random brightness variation, allowing better identification of people under darker night conditions. Phase three of the development program will advance the technology's ability to provide crisp images under no-moon conditions, providing greater human identification capabilities as well as increased situational awareness of terrain changes on the battlefield.
Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Goodrich ISR Systems in Princeton, said, "Our work in the PCAR program will further the capability of Goodrich's SWIR cameras, giving our warfighters a great advantage on the battlefield. Going beyond detection to identification is an urgent need, and we look forward to developing and deploying this technology to many diverse platforms."
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The Goodrich system is extremely small and lightweight use of specialized indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) materials and advanced circuitry allow it to run without cooling, whereas other imaging devices in the SWIR band need cumbersome power-hungry cooling systems. |
| Sensor Fusion for UAV Payloads at SPIE DSS 2010
• New imaging engine maximizes target detection and recognition by combining short wave and long wave infrared (SWIR-LWIR) wavelengths.
Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems, announces a new sensor fusion imaging engine that incorporates compact, uncooled, and lightweight shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensors based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology. The image fusion, called Hinted SWIR™, is shortwave IR imagery overlaid in real time with colorized thermal hints.
The SWIR sensor provides rich background details, while the thermal hints highlight scene features-of- interest in a comprehensive, information-rich image. SWIR imaging also allows the warfighter to see through battlefield obscurants, to see in very low-light conditions, and to see all the lights and lasers on the battlefield. The long wave infrared (LWIR) microbolometer sensor offers the exceptional ability to see human activity via thermal emissions. By combining these two imaging capabilities, the new Hinted SWIR technology delivers fused imagery with superior detail and maximum information in an easy-to-understand format. Image fusion provides important low-light-level-illuminated scene details from the SWIR sensors which form an excellent contextual background for thermally-active target details, such as humans and vehicles, which are best detected with the LWIR sensors.
Goodrich will showcase a notional model UAV at SPIE DSS to demonstrate the small size and the dimensional stealth of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and highlight the potential of small, autonomous systems to fill larger roles in intelligence gathering. The model features include a Goodrich Cloud Cap Technology autopilot and a T2 gimbal with a Hinted SWIR imaging system. The highly-stable imaging engine payload, designed to retract during transit to and from the target area, will be used for tracking individual persons and vehicles.
The model UAV and imaging system payload will be on display along with samples of actual Hinted SWIR imagery captured by the new fusion engine at SPIE’s Defense, Security & Sensing show April 6-8, 2010, in Orlando, FL. Please stop by Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ booth #825 for a demonstration. |
| 92 KHz Shortwave Infrared Digital Line Scan Camera
Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems announces the new SU1024LDH2, a high speed, digital line scan SWIR-indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) camera. The second generation 1024-pixel, high speed camera features an increased line rate to over 91,900 lines per second, making it ideal for spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging applications. In the 1.05 microns wavelength band, the new imager can capture detailed 3D SD-OCT volumes of the retina, choroidal vasculature and nerve head, offering important detail beyond the depth capability of current 0.84 micron systems.
The compact camera housing features both metric and SAE mounting holes on multiple sides for easy configuration into existing systems or for other positioning purposes. Small (3 inches W x 3 inches H x 2.4 inches L) and cost-effective, the LDH2 SWIR camera can be easily mounted to spectrometers. Optional adapters are also available for C-mount, F-mount or FD mount lenses for use with machine vision applications.
Goodrich’s new high speed camera has a wavelength response range from over 0.8 microns to 1.7 microns with a 25 micron pixel pitch and aperture heights of 25 microns or 500 microns.
The SU1024LDH2 provides an integrate-while-read snapshot acquisition and the operator-selectable trigger modes include free run, single line per trigger, programmable exposure, or gated burst.
The LDH2 is ideal for SWIR imaging applications, such as high speed absorption or emission spectroscopy for use in combustion research or for agricultural/food product inspection. These applications are based on detecting the moisture, lipids, proteins, or other molecular vibration absorbance bands in the 800-1700 nm range. Other applications include high speed inspection of silicon boules or wafers for photovoltaics, solar cell/panel inspection, integrated circuits, and many machine vision tasks for sorting and monitoring continuous processes.
Sensors Unlimited will be premiering the new 92 KHz shortwave infrared line scan LDH2 camera at the Association of Research in Vision & Ophthalmology/International Society for Imaging in the Eye (ARVO/ISIE) Meeting on May 1, 2010 in Booth 6, at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL. |
| SUI Introduces Mil-Hardened InGaAs SWIR Video Camera
• New SU320HX shortwave infrared camera is designed for rugged military imaging operations
Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems announces a new mil-hardened, uncooled, InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) SWIR (shortwave infrared) video camera for military applications. Small and ultra-compact, the high sensitivity SU320HX video camera is designed for use in military imaging systems that are deployed and operate in harsh environments under extremely rugged conditions. Built on Goodrich’s highly successful KT camera platform, the SU320HX also includes the recently announced image enhancement functions for backward compatibility in existing applications.
Shortwave infrared imaging systems, based on InGaAs technology, have the capability to image through atmospheric obscurants, such as haze, fog, smoke, and dust. This combines with the ability to image during daytime or nighttime, including “crossover” hours at dawn and dusk, making InGaAs-SWIR video cameras especially useful for surveillance in manned and unmanned airborne and/or ground systems. Also ideal for surveillance applications and marine intelligence tasks, the Goodrich SU320HX solid-state camera is smaller, lighter weight and consumes much less power than cooled mid-wave or long-wave infrared imagers and the competing germanium-based IR cameras.
Sensors Unlimited’s new mil-hardened camera will premier at SPIE’s Defense, Security and Sensing (DSS) show, April 6-8, 2010 in Orlando, FL. Please stop by Goodrich’s booth #825 for a demonstration.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. Recently, Sensors Unlimited’s cameras were used on NASA’s successful LCROSS mission detecting moisture on the moon. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| High Sensitivity, InGaAs Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Cameras
• Image enhancement algorithm adjusts data for the best display to maximize the viewable information in high dynamic range scenarios
Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems introduces two cameras with advanced imaging enhancements that expand the dynamic range of short wave infrared (SWIR) imagery. Due to several technological advances, the new indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) SWIR SU320KTX (320 x 240 pixel format with 40 micron pixel pitch) and the SU640KTSX (640 x 512 pixel format with 25 micron pixel pitch) cameras feature the unique ability to automatically compensate for variations in light levels that may differ by up to five orders of magnitude. This increase in dynamic range addresses the demand for improved imaging and surveillance in military, medical, and commercial applications.
Easy-to-integrate into mobile, handheld, or aerial surveillance systems, the SU320KTX and SU640KTSX models are compact, lightweight, and feature low power consumption. The simultaneous RS170 analog and 12-bit CameraLink® digital outputs provide easy plug-and-play video and high quality images for image processing or transmission. Most importantly, this SWIR technology provides a key advantage by detecting reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, providing real-time daylight-to-low-light imaging. This makes these imagers ideal for surveillance, laser detection, emission microscopy, imaging spectroscopy, astronomy, and imaging through fog, dust and smoke. Sensors Unlimited’s new cameras provide the highest sensitivity available in the SWIR 0.9 to 1.7 micron spectrum. The optional NIR/SWIR models extend the range of operation down to 0.7 and up to 1.7 microns.
Building on the company’s solid-state, room-temperature FPA technology, the improved InGaAs-SWIR cameras employ a new on-board automatic gain control (AGC) and adjustable enhancement thresholds. The built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs) address the challenges of urban night imaging without blooming. With proprietary dynamic range enhancement technology and selectable contrast enhancement modes, these cameras image in extremely low-light-level conditions to direct sun illumination, making them well-suited for covert surveillance with passive 24/7 operation. |
| SWIR-LWIR Sensor Fusion for UAV Payloads
Sensors Unlimited- Goodrich ISR Systems to Demonstrate Sensor Fusion for UAV Payloads at SPIE DSS 2010
• New imaging engine maximizes target detection and recognition by combining short wave and long wave infrared (SWIR-LWIR) wavelengths.
PRINCETON, NJ, APRIL 5, 2010 – Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems, announces a new sensor fusion imaging engine that incorporates compact, uncooled, and lightweight shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensors based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology. The image fusion, called Hinted SWIR™, is shortwave IR imagery overlaid in real time with colorized thermal hints.
The SWIR sensor provides rich background details, while the thermal hints highlight scene features-of- interest in a comprehensive, information-rich image. SWIR imaging also allows the warfighter to see through battlefield obscurants, to see in very low-light conditions, and to see all the lights and lasers on the battlefield. The long wave infrared (LWIR) microbolometer sensor offers the exceptional ability to see human activity via thermal emissions. By combining these two imaging capabilities, the new Hinted SWIR technology delivers fused imagery with superior detail and maximum information in an easy-to-understand format. Image fusion provides important low-light-level-illuminated scene details from the SWIR sensors which form an excellent contextual background for thermally-active target details, such as humans and vehicles, which are best detected with the LWIR sensors.
Goodrich will showcase a notional model UAV at SPIE DSS to demonstrate the small size and the dimensional stealth of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and highlight the potential of small, autonomous systems to fill larger roles in intelligence gathering. The model features include a Goodrich Cloud Cap Technology autopilot and a T2 gimbal with a Hinted SWIR imaging system. The highly-stable imaging engine payload, designed to retract during transit to and from the target area, will be used for tracking individual persons and vehicles.
The model UAV and imaging system payload will be on display along with samples of actual Hinted SWIR imagery captured by the new fusion engine at SPIE’s Defense, Security & Sensing show April 6-8, 2010, in Orlando, FL. Please stop by Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ booth #825 for a demonstration.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. Recently, Sensors Unlimited’s cameras were used on NASA’s successful LCROSS mission detecting moisture on the moon. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit http://www.goodrich.com.
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| Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras in Space, Slated for Lunar Crash, Oct. 9, 2009
Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras in Space, Slated for Lunar Crash, Oct. 9, 2009
• Shortwave infrared detectors are on-board LCROSS Mission to Moon
PRINCETON, NJ, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems and manufacturers of shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras and systems based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology, announces that two of Goodrich’s SWIR-InGaAs cameras have been launched into space and are now in transit to the moon aboard NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft. According to NASA, the main mission of LCROSS is to confirm the presence or absence of water ice on the moon. At 7:30 AM (EDT) on Friday, October 9, 2009, the LCROSS spacecraft will separate into two sections, with the Centaur rocket impacting the lunar surface, kicking up a large plume of dust. The shepherding spacecraft section will follow four minutes later to image and analyze the resultant dust plume for water vapor. Goodrich’s InGaAs cameras are ideal for detecting the strong moisture contrast in the shortwave infrared.
Ed Hart, VP and General Manager of Goodrich ISR Systems (Princeton, NJ), notes, “We are delighted that two of our InGaAs-SWIR cameras are part of this exciting mission to determine whether there is water on the moon. Both Goodrich cameras were selected for the mission over three years ago and integrated into the imaging payload of the shepherding spacecraft. Since the launch a few weeks ago, they have been checked out in space and are working well. Upon LCROSS lunar impact on October 9, 2009, our cameras will be part of the fly-by spacecraft imaging system that will document the resulting debris expected to rise above the lunar surface and help determine whether water vapor is present or not.”
NASA documents note that debris plumes are expected to be visible from Earth- and space-based telescopes, 10-to 12-inches and larger. For more information on the LCROSS mission, go to: www.lcross.arc.nasa.gov. The LCROSS lunar impact will be broadcast live on October 9, 2009 on NASA TV.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.
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| Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras Ideal for Photovoltaic Inspection
Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras Ideal for Photovoltaic Inspection
• Shortwave infrared area and linescan cameras are used for solar cell inspection.
PRINCETON, NJ, JUNE 8, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, announces that high resolution, shortwave infrared (SWIR) area and linescan cameras are being used to improve the manufacturing yield of photovoltaic cells. SWIR technology is well suited to monitor the quality of solar thin films, concentrated PV, and crystalline cells, to maximize efficiency of the solar cell manufacturing process through final assembly of the completed modules.
The InGaAs-based SWIR cameras, which operate between 0.9 to 1.7 microns, are ideal for inspecting silicon boules and wafers due to the material’s transparency beyond 1.2 microns.
The Goodrich cameras reveal voids in silicon boules, bricks, and ingots before they are sliced into wafers to produce mono- and multi-crystalline solar cells. They can also detect hidden cracks by mapping stress in raw wafers, finished cells, and thin-films made for solar electricity generating panels. SWIR cameras can also spot saw marks on the opposite side of a silicon wafer and/or defects inside the material. In addition, by applying forward bias to cells to generate electroluminescence, the SWIR cameras are used to gauge cell efficiency and uniformity. This aids improvement of cell manufacturing processes, and aids matching cells with similar efficiencies for assembly into modules. The latter step prevents the loss of energy from the stronger cells which would be lost in heating the inefficient cells.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.
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| Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras Ideal for Photovoltaic Inspection
Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras Ideal for Photovoltaic Inspection
• Shortwave infrared area and linescan cameras are used for solar cell inspection.
PRINCETON, NJ, JUNE 8, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, announces that high resolution, shortwave infrared (SWIR) area and linescan cameras are being used to improve the manufacturing yield of photovoltaic cells. SWIR technology is well suited to monitor the quality of solar thin films, concentrated PV, and crystalline cells, to maximize efficiency of the solar cell manufacturing process through final assembly of the completed modules.
The InGaAs-based SWIR cameras, which operate between 0.9 to 1.7 microns, are ideal for inspecting silicon boules and wafers due to the material’s transparency beyond 1.2 microns.
The Goodrich cameras reveal voids in silicon boules, bricks, and ingots before they are sliced into wafers to produce mono- and multi-crystalline solar cells. They can also detect hidden cracks by mapping stress in raw wafers, finished cells, and thin-films made for solar electricity generating panels. SWIR cameras can also spot saw marks on the opposite side of a silicon wafer and/or defects inside the material. In addition, by applying forward bias to cells to generate electroluminescence, the SWIR cameras are used to gauge cell efficiency and uniformity. This aids improvement of cell manufacturing processes, and aids matching cells with similar efficiencies for assembly into modules. The latter step prevents the loss of energy from the stronger cells which would be lost in heating the inefficient cells.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.
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| Sensors Unlimited and Cloud Cap Technology Partner to Expand
Sensors Unlimited and Cloud Cap Technology Partner to Expand
Imaging Applications for UAVs and Manned Safety Systems
PRINCETON, NJ, JULY 27, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, and Cloud Cap Technology (www.cloudcaptech.com), acquired by Goodrich Corporation in May, 2009, are teaming up to provide specialized imaging solutions for military, security and surveillance markets. The combined companies, both part of Goodrich’s ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Systems group, are developing new micro-gimbal imaging systems that are based on Sensors’ expertise in shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging and Cloud Cap Technology’s leadership in autonomous avionics solutions for small unmanned UAVs and manned safety and surveillance tasks.
Ed Hart, Vice President and General Manager for Sensors Unlimited, notes, “We have worked with Cloud Cap Technology in the past on various UAV imaging payloads. Since the merging of our two companies, we are now strategically positioned to develop and deliver advanced avionics and imaging solutions to growing ISR demand.”
Sensors Unlimited’s compact, lightweight (less than 90g) SU640KTSX InGaAs SWIR camera delivers full motion video at 640 x 512 pixel resolution (25 um pixel pitch) in the NIR/SWIR band (0.7 – 1.7 µm). The small camera configuration permits easy integration into Cloud Cap Technology’s family of micro-gimbals. This powerful aerial observation combination enables excellent visibility through many atmospheric obscurants like smoke, haze, and fog.
Sensors Unlimited’s SU640KTSX SWIR camera has been successfully integrated into Cloud Cap’s TASE, TASE Duo, and T2 stabilized micro-gimbals and delivered to multiple DoD customers. A TASE Duo implementation with SWIR and EO imagers was tested in flight over an active forest fire and video imagery from both cameras shows the SWIR imager locating the flames and the path of the fire which the smoke hides from the visible camera. To view the video, please visit http://www.sensorsinc.com/forest_fires.html. The slightly larger and higher performance T2 gimbal has been delivered with a Bi-FOV zoom lens on the SWIR camera, an EO video imager, and a SWIR illuminator.
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Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Cloud Cap Technology Inc., now part of Goodrich Corporation, was established in 1999 for the purpose of providing highly integrated software and hardware solutions for the emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. The TASE family of high performance stabilized camera micro-gimbals are substantially smaller, lighter, lower cost and offer the potential to provide high performance/high value solutions when coupled with the latest small UAV platforms. www.cloudcaptech.com |
| Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras on Board Historic LCROSS Lunar Crash Mission
Sensors Unlimited’s SWIR Cameras on Board Historic LCROSS Lunar Crash Mission
• Images will help determine presence of water on the moon – Lunar crash slated for Oct.9, 2009
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, employees will be eating MoonPies and watching television this Friday morning as they view images resulting from a NASA rocket crashing into the dark side of the moon. The employees design and build the innovative short wave infrared (SWIR) cameras, based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology, that will image and analyze the cloud of post-crash debris. The images could prove the presence of water on the moon, a key to future space exploration and understanding of the solar system.
The lunar crash is part of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the moon. A ‘shepherding spacecraft’ carrying a cadre of sophisticated instruments, including two InGaAS-SWIR cameras, will orbit the moon at the precise moment, a Centaur rocket will be launched from the spacecraft for an impact at twice the speed of a bullet into a crater near the moon’s south pole. The rocket’s impact will raise a cloud of dust and debris that is expected to contain particles of ice. The SWIR cameras will record images of the debris, which will be transmitted back to Earth in real time for evaluation.
Because the Goodrich SWIR cameras can detect moisture contrast through dust, smoke and fog, they have the unique ability to accurately record the LCROSS crash incident for precise study of the debris cloud. SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The extremely small and lightweight size of the Goodrich system makes it ideal for space travel use of advanced materials and circuitry allow it to run without cooling, unlike other night vision technologies that need cumbersome cooling systems.
“Our 80 employees in Princeton are looking forward to making history with the LCROSS mission,” said Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Princeton operations, Goodrich ISR Systems. “The SWIR technology provides unmatched capability for numerous applications from fire fighting to homeland security, and we are honored to bring this capability to further mankind’s knowledge of space.”
While the LCROSS mission marks the first time that the Goodrich SWIR camera has made it into space, it came close to making the trip back in 2005 as part of the carry-on gear of a space tourist. Princeton-based entrepreneur Greg Olsen was one of the founders of Sensors Unlimited,
Inc. (now part of Goodrich) that developed the small, SWIR sensing technology. In 2005, Olsen traveled with Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station. He planned on taking along one of the company's small SWIR cameras to image the Earth, seeing through clouds and capturing details of weather formations. But the U.S. government would not allow the SWIR camera to travel to Russia due to ITAR, citing its military significance. |
| Sensors Unlimited’s Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Cameras Help Determine Presence of Water on the Moon
Sensors Unlimited’s Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Cameras Help Determine Presence of Water on the Moon
• Images from NASA's historic LCROSS lunar crash mission reveal water in debris plume.
PRINCETON, NJ, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 – Images provided by innovative shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras from Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, supplied preliminary data that NASA scientists used to determine the presence of water on the Moon. During a historic mission on October 9, 2009, a NASA rocket was launched into a crater near the Moon's south pole images from the SWIR cameras showed evidence of water in the post-crash debris plume.
The lunar crash was part of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the Moon. Two Goodrich SWIR - referred to by NASA as "near infrared" - cameras were part of the payload aboard the spacecraft, along with the Centaur rocket that was hurled onto the Moon's surface. Images of the vapor and debris plume created by the rocket's impact were recorded by the SWIR cameras, and were analyzed to determine the presence of water on the Moon.
Because the Goodrich SWIR cameras detect moisture contrast through dust, smoke and fog, they were able to accurately record the LCROSS crash incident for precise study of the debris cloud. SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. Use of advanced materials and circuitry allow for the cameras to be very small and lightweight, making them ideal for space travel.
"Our talented ISR Systems team has played a key role in determining the future of Space exploration and our understanding of the solar system," said Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Princeton operations, Goodrich ISR Systems. "The SWIR technology continues to demonstrate unmatched capability and high reliability under extreme operating conditions, from the sub-zero degree depths of space to fire-fighting and battlefield environments.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
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| Sensors Unlimited-Goodrich ISR Systems Selected for Advanced Night Vision Technology Development
Sensors Unlimited-Goodrich ISR Systems Selected for Advanced Night Vision Technology Development
• Third phase of DARPA’s PCAR Program will enhance object and human identification in darker conditions
PRINCETON, NJ, NOVEMBER 24, 2009 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, (www.sensorsinc.com) has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to further develop its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging technology for enhanced night vision capability. Under DARPA's Photon Counting Array (PCAR) program, Goodrich will develop materials and circuitry to allow its small, lightweight cameras to provide images under darker conditions than previously possible. Work will be performed at Goodrich's ISR Systems business in Princeton, N.J.
The selection represents the third phase of the PCAR program Sensors Unlimited, Inc.- Goodrich completed the first two phases of PCAR from 2005 through mid-2009, and demonstrated the technology's ability to produce imagers that delivered less "noise," or random brightness variation, allowing better identification of people under darker night conditions. Phase three of the development program will advance the technology's ability to provide crisp images under no-moon conditions, providing greater human identification capabilities as well as increased situational awareness of terrain changes on the battlefield.
Ed Hart, vice president and general manager, Goodrich ISR Systems in Princeton, said, "Our work in the PCAR program will further the capability of Goodrich's SWIR cameras, giving our warfighters a great advantage on the battlefield. Going beyond detection to identification is an urgent need, and we look forward to developing and deploying this technology to many diverse platforms."
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras. The Goodrich system is extremely small and lightweight use of specialized indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) materials and advanced circuitry allow it to run without cooling, whereas other imaging devices in the SWIR band need cumbersome power-hungry cooling systems.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
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| Sensors Unlimited’s New High Sensitivity, InGaAs Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Cameras
Sensors Unlimited’s New High Sensitivity, InGaAs Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Cameras Feature Advanced Dynamic Range Enhancements
• Image enhancement algorithm adjusts data for the best display to maximize the viewable information in high dynamic range scenarios
PRINCETON, NJ, MARCH 2, 2010 – Sensors Unlimited - Goodrich ISR Systems introduces two cameras with advanced imaging enhancements that expand the dynamic range of short wave infrared (SWIR) imagery. Due to several technological advances, the new indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) SWIR SU320KTX (320 x 240 pixel format with 40 micron pixel pitch) and the SU640KTSX (640 x 512 pixel format with 25 micron pixel pitch) cameras feature the unique ability to automatically compensate for variations in light levels that may differ by up to five orders of magnitude. This increase in dynamic range addresses the demand for improved imaging and surveillance in military, medical, and commercial applications.
Easy-to-integrate into mobile, handheld, or aerial surveillance systems, the SU320KTX and SU640KTSX models are compact, lightweight, and feature low power consumption. The simultaneous RS170 analog and 12-bit CameraLink® digital outputs provide easy plug-and-play video and high quality images for image processing or transmission. Most importantly, this SWIR technology provides a key advantage by detecting reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see, providing real-time daylight-to-low-light imaging. This makes these imagers ideal for surveillance, laser detection, emission microscopy, imaging spectroscopy, astronomy, and imaging through fog, dust and smoke. Sensors Unlimited’s new cameras provide the highest sensitivity available in the SWIR 0.9 to 1.7 micron spectrum. The optional NIR/SWIR models extend the range of operation down to 0.7 and up to 1.7 microns.
Building on the company’s solid-state, room-temperature FPA technology, the improved InGaAs-SWIR cameras employ a new on-board automatic gain control (AGC) and adjustable enhancement thresholds. The built-in non-uniformity corrections (NUCs) address the challenges of urban night imaging without blooming. With proprietary dynamic range enhancement technology and selectable contrast enhancement modes, these cameras image in extremely low-light-level conditions to direct sun illumination, making them well-suited for covert surveillance with passive 24/7 operation.
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Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. Most recently, Sensors Unlimited’s cameras were used on NASA’s successful LCROSS mission detecting moisture on the moon. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
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| Sensors Unlimited Announces High Performance, SWIR 50mm Lens
• New, 50mm focal length lens is optimized for high resolution, shortwave infrared cameras
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, introduces the high performance SWIR Optimized 50mm Lens for advanced imaging in the 0.7 to 1.7 micron spectral range. Ruggedly designed, it features a manual locking focus for steady performance with reliable operation and advanced optics that deliver greater than 90 percent throughput from 0.9 to 1.7 microns. The new 50mm focal length lens has a fixed aperture at f/1.4 that provides sharp imagery, with extremely low distortion.
The SWIR SOLO 50 performs exceptionally well with Sensors Unlimited’s high sensitivity, InGaAs-SWIR, KT and SD camera families. Designed for large focal plane arrays (up to
640 x 512 with a 25-micron pixel pitch), the camera optics are ideal for demanding, low-light-level imaging tasks. High performance imaging applications include 24-hour, day and night surveillance (with human recognition at 250-meter range), UAVs, imaging lasers, and driver vision enhancement. The new SWIR SOLO 50 lens will be demonstrated at SPIE Defense & Security Symposium (DSS) in Orlando, FL April 14 – 16, 2009 at Sensors Unlimited’s Booth #3213.
Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited Inc. team, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release. |
| Imaging Applications for UAVs and Manned Safety Systems
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, and Cloud Cap Technology (www.cloudcaptech.com), acquired by Goodrich Corporation in May, 2009, are teaming up to provide specialized imaging solutions for military, security and surveillance markets. The combined companies, both part of Goodrich’s ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Systems group, are developing new micro-gimbal imaging systems that are based on Sensors’ expertise in shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging and Cloud Cap Technology’s leadership in autonomous avionics solutions for small unmanned UAVs and manned safety and surveillance tasks.
Ed Hart, Vice President and General Manager for Sensors Unlimited, notes, “We have worked with Cloud Cap Technology in the past on various UAV imaging payloads. Since the merging of our two companies, we are now strategically positioned to develop and deliver advanced avionics and imaging solutions to growing ISR demand.”
Sensors Unlimited’s compact, lightweight (less than 90g) SU640KTSX InGaAs SWIR camera delivers full motion video at 640 x 512 pixel resolution (25 um pixel pitch) in the NIR/SWIR band (0.7 – 1.7 µm). The small camera configuration permits easy integration into Cloud Cap Technology’s family of micro-gimbals. This powerful aerial observation combination enables excellent visibility through many atmospheric obscurants like smoke, haze, and fog.
Sensors Unlimited’s SU640KTSX SWIR camera has been successfully integrated into Cloud Cap’s TASE, TASE Duo, and T2 stabilized micro-gimbals and delivered to multiple DoD customers. A TASE Duo implementation with SWIR and EO imagers was tested in flight over an active forest fire and video imagery from both cameras shows the SWIR imager locating the flames and the path of the fire which the smoke hides from the visible camera. To view the video, please visit http://www.sensorsinc.com/forest_fires.html. The slightly larger and higher performance T2 gimbal has been delivered with a Bi-FOV zoom lens on the SWIR camera, an EO video imager, and a SWIR illuminator.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Cloud Cap Technology Inc., now part of Goodrich Corporation, was established in 1999 for the purpose of providing highly integrated software and hardware solutions for the emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. The TASE family of high performance stabilized camera micro-gimbals are substantially smaller, lighter, lower cost and offer the potential to provide high performance/high value solutions when coupled with the latest small UAV platforms. For more information, please visit www.cloudcaptech.com. |
| Sensors Unlimited Announces High Performance, SWIR 50mm Lens
• New, 50mm focal length lens is optimized for high resolution, shortwave infrared cameras
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, introduces the high performance SWIR Optimized 50mm Lens for advanced imaging in the 0.7 to 1.7 micron spectral range. Ruggedly designed, it features a manual locking focus for steady performance with reliable operation and advanced optics that deliver greater than 90 percent throughput from 0.9 to 1.7 microns. The new 50mm focal length lens has a fixed aperture at f/1.4 that provides sharp imagery, with extremely low distortion.
The SWIR SOLO 50 performs exceptionally well with Sensors Unlimited’s high sensitivity, InGaAs-SWIR, KT and SD camera families. Designed for large focal plane arrays (up to
640 x 512 with a 25-micron pixel pitch), the camera optics are ideal for demanding, low-light-level imaging tasks. High performance imaging applications include 24-hour, day and night surveillance (with human recognition at 250-meter range), UAVs, imaging lasers, and driver vision enhancement. The new SWIR SOLO 50 lens will be demonstrated at SPIE Defense & Security Symposium (DSS) in Orlando, FL April 14 – 16, 2009 at Sensors Unlimited’s Booth #3213.
Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited Inc. team, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information, visit www.goodrich.com. |
| SWIR Cameras Ideal for Photovoltaic Inspection
• Shortwave infrared area and linescan cameras are used for solar cell inspection.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, announces that high resolution, shortwave infrared (SWIR) area and linescan cameras are being used to improve the manufacturing yield of photovoltaic cells. SWIR technology is well suited to monitor the quality of solar thin films, concentrated PV, and crystalline cells, to maximize efficiency of the solar cell manufacturing process through final assembly of the completed modules.
The InGaAs-based SWIR cameras, which operate between 0.9 to 1.7 microns, are ideal for inspecting silicon boules and wafers due to the material’s transparency beyond 1.2 microns. The Goodrich cameras reveal voids in silicon boules, bricks, and ingots before they are sliced into wafers to produce mono- and multi-crystalline solar cells. They can also detect hidden cracks by mapping stress in raw wafers, finished cells, and thin-films made for solar electricity generating panels. SWIR cameras can also spot saw marks on the opposite side of a silicon wafer and/or defects inside the material. In addition, by applying forward bias to cells to generate electroluminescence, the SWIR cameras are used to gauge cell efficiency and uniformity. This aids improvement of cell manufacturing processes, and aids matching cells with similar efficiencies for assembly into modules. The latter step prevents the loss of energy from the stronger cells which would be lost in heating the inefficient cells.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| Sensors Unlimited Announces High Performance, SWIR 50mm Lens
• New, 50mm focal length lens is optimized for high resolution, shortwave infrared cameras
PRINCETON, NJ, MARCH 31, 2009 - Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, introduces the high performance SWIR Optimized 50mm Lens for advanced imaging in the 0.7 to 1.7 micron spectral range. Ruggedly designed, it features a manual locking focus for steady performance with reliable operation and advanced optics that deliver greater than 90 percent throughput from 0.9 to 1.7 microns. The new 50mm focal length lens has a fixed aperture at f/1.4 that provides sharp imagery, with extremely low distortion.
The SWIR SOLO 50 performs exceptionally well with Sensors Unlimited’s high sensitivity, InGaAs-SWIR, KT and SD camera families. Designed for large focal plane arrays (up to
640 x 512 with a 25-micron pixel pitch), the camera optics are ideal for demanding, low-light-level imaging tasks. High performance imaging applications include 24-hour, day and night surveillance (with human recognition at 250-meter range), UAVs, imaging lasers, and driver vision enhancement. The new SWIR SOLO 50 lens will be demonstrated at SPIE Defense & Security Symposium (DSS) in Orlando, FL April 14 – 16, 2009 at Sensors Unlimited’s Booth #3213.
Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited Inc. team, based in Princeton, NJ, has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| SWIR Video Camera Successfully Integrated on ScanEagle
• Uncooled InGaAs detector technology enables extremely lightweight SWIR camera
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, announced today that their ultra-compact, high sensitivity SU640KTSX indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera has been successfully flight-tested on the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft at the Fort Leonard Wood test range in Missouri.
The InGaAs-SWIR imager requires no cooling it is lightweight (less than 90g) and uses low power (less than 2.5W at 20 degrees C), making it ideal for unmanned flight imaging requirements.
Ed Hart, General Manager of Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited Princeton, NJ team, notes, “We are proud to be part of this successful flight test with The Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems- St. Louis) and Insitu (Bingen, WA).” He adds, “The ability to image through many atmospheric obscurants like fog, haze or rain during daytime or nighttime makes our shortwave InGaAs high sensitivity camera especially useful for unmanned aircraft for maritime intelligence and surveillance. Our room-temperature operation InGaAs-SWIR cameras are lighter weight and consume less power than competing shortwave infrared germanium-based cameras and mid- or long-wave infrared imagers which generally require heavy and expensive cooling systems.”
The 640 x 512 pixel solid-state camera, with on-board non-uniformity corrections, captures full-sized images at 30 frames per second. The camera’s focal plane array features a 25-micron pitch with a wavelength response over the shortwave infrared spectrum from 0.9 to 1.7 microns. This model is also available with Sensors Unlimited’s new NIR/SWIR extended wavelength response from 0.7 to 1.7 microns. The SU640KTSX can be easily integrated into large or small systems, making it suitable for hand-held, helmet mounted, mobile or aerial SWIR imaging applications. Because InGaAs night vision (NV) technology detects reflected light, unlike today’s small thermal NV cameras that detect heat signatures, Goodrich’s compact NIR/SWIR camera provides exceptional identification clarity over a wide range of day and night illumination levels. |
| Extended Shortwave Infrared Wavelength out to 2.6 microns
• LC Series Arrays designed for broad wavelength range, multi-channel spectrometer designs
PRINCETON, NJ, APRIL 29, 2008 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, is a high-volume manufacturer of the recently introduced Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Linear Photodiode LC-Series Array. The new LC array extends well beyond other near-infrared linear arrays to deliver high sensitivity for imaging applications from 0.9 microns all the way out to 2.6 microns. The device offers instrument designers several advantages: no moving parts, easy integration into existing systems, fast signal readout, and real-time measurement results for an attractive alternative to FTIR-NIR (Fourier Transform Infrared-Near-Infrared) Interferometry.
The rugged and reliable LC Series, shipping now in OEM volumes, is ideal for applications such as industrial process control, biomedical analysis, plastics recycling, and NIR spectroscopy. The new InGaAs linear photodiodes with the extended 2.6 micron wavelength array also offer wider spectral range and improved functionality over FTIR-NIR instrumentation.
Developed specifically for broad-wavelength-range, multi-channel spectrometer designs, the SU256LSC-2.6T2 detector array features 256 elements of extended response InGaAs material. The LC InGaAs photodiode array is vibration-resistant, easy to use, and has a large active area, 50 micron x 250 micron pixel size. LC package design includes a two-stage TEC and thermally-optimized materials for multi-channel spectrometers that require high sensitivity, low power consumption, and long-term stability. |
| New Sales Representative in South Korea
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, global leaders in near-infrared (NIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras, arrays and systems, announced today an agreement with JUN-Vision (South Korea) to act as a sales representative for Sensors’ product line. JUN-Vision, specializing in machine vision, semiconductor inspection, and consumer display markets, will promote the Goodrich line of shortwave infrared cameras based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) material technology throughout South Korea. One of the key products represented is the SU-LDH, a NIR, high-speed, high-resolution line scan camera with high data rates (more than 47,000 lines per second) and a wavelength response from 0.8 to 1.7 microns. This new SWIR camera is ideal for industrial process control and machine vision applications.
Bob Struthers, Director, Sales and Marketing of Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited team in Princeton, NJ, notes, “It is our pleasure to announce our affiliation with JUN-Vision, a highly-regarded sales representative firm based in South Korea. Their expertise in the field of machine vision and inspection equipment for over twelve years will lend our product line a distinct advantage in this important and expanding industrial market.” |
| SWIR camera features square pixels
• New, Uncooled SWIR InGaAs camera is ideal for machine vision and process monitoring
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, introduces the high speed, square 25-micron pixel shortwave infrared (SWIR) SU-LDH Digital Line Scan Camera. It uses the new LC linear array, providing correlated double-sampling, integrate-while-read snapshot acquisition and extremely low noise. The SU1024LDH camera delivers high dynamic range at frame rates greater than 46,000 lines per second and quantum efficiency greater than 70 percent from 1.0 to 1.6 microns. The square 25-micron pixels make this camera ideal for high-speed machine vision, to monitor continuous processes and moving objects.
The solid-state detector requires no cooling and offers wavelength response from 0.8 to 1.7 microns. Many materials classification and sorting, inspection, and process control applications require longer wavelength spectral response than silicon-based, line scan cameras offer. The new SWIR camera images beyond the visible wavelength, providing added inspection capabilities which are key for moisture detection, plastic sorting and many thermal processes. The SU1024LDH camera features 14-bit digital capture and is available with the widely-used Camera Link® interface for convenient and rapid system integration. |
| Higher Line Rate for NIR, High Speed, High Resolution Digital Line Scan Camera
PRINCETON, NJ, JAN. 16, 2008 – Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, global suppliers of shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging systems based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, announces a higher line rate for the high resolution SU-LDH Digital Line Scan Near-Infrared Camera. The revolutionary, near infrared (NIR) InGaAs camera increases line rates for 1024 pixels to greater than 46,000 lines per second, making it ideal for FD-OCT (Fourier domain optical coherence tomography). For high-data-rate industrial process control and machine vision, the new SU-LDH provides wavelength response from 0.8 to 1.7 microns.
The SU-LDH camera features high sensitivity, room-temperature-stabilized operation and integrate-while-read capability for faster readout speeds with minimal dead time. The next-generation high speed imager is also used for hot glass and metals processing, agricultural inspection, wood inspection, remote ground sensing, materials classification and sorting, and high-speed spectroscopy. |
| High Sensitivity, Extended Shortwave Infrared Wavelength Linear Arrays for Advanced Imaging Tasks
• Developed for broad wavelength range and multi-channel spectrometer designs
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, global suppliers of shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging detectors and systems based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) technology, introduces the new LC Series Linear Photodiode Arrays. The new SU256LCS-2.6T2 detector array is available with 256 elements of extended response InGaAs material. Designed for broad wavelength range from 0.9 microns to 2.6 microns, the LC Series offers a comprehensive feature set from our proprietary ROIC to maximize instrument design flexibility.
The LC photodiode array package design includes a two-stage TEC and thermally optimized materials for multi-channel spectrometers that require high sensitivity, low power consumption, and long-term stability. The LC InGaAs photodiode array has a large active area, 50 micron x 250 micron pixel size. Sensors Unlimited, Inc.’s proprietary readout integrated circuitry provides an autozero function that significantly reduces dark current and fixed pattern non-uniformity. A serial command input allows the user to select one of four gain settings and to control readout timing and exposure. Applications include biomedical analysis, industrial process control and possible alternative instrumentation to FT-NIR instruments.
Goodrich’s Princeton, NJ team, Sensors Unlimited Inc., has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural, and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays, and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| DARPA Selects Goodrich to Develop Next-Generation Night Vision Technology
The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Goodrich Corporation to develop next-generation night vision sensor technology for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications. A three-year contract released under DARPA’s MicroSensors for Imaging (MISI) program to Goodrich’s ISR Systems division covers engineering and initial prototypes of highly sensitive lightweight imaging cameras based on the company’s commercially successful shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensors. Work will be performed in Princeton, NJ.
In the MISI program, Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (SUI) team will develop its indium gallium arsenide-night vision (InGaAs-NV™) SWIR sensors into a 640 x 512 pixel resolution camera weighing less than 10 grams, intended for hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, the company will deliver a 1280 x 1024 pixel head-mounted monocular.
SWIR technology detects reflected light at wavelengths that the human eye cannot see. It works in wavelength bands between visible and thermal cameras, an area that current night vision technology cannot see. The extremely small and lightweight size of the Goodrich system is due to the use of advanced materials and circuitry that allow it to run without cooling, unlike other night vision technologies that needs cumbersome cooling systems. The company’s technology is currently used on a diverse array of applications, from non-invasive medical examinations to silicon wafer inspection.
“In this new MISI program, our unmatched imaging technology will be advanced and coupled with breakthrough packaging for night vision applications,” said Edward Hart, Vice President and General Manager, Sensors Unlimited, Inc. “We expect this advanced InGaAs-NV technology to achieve dramatic reductions in size, weight, power and performance for a new generation of capability for the warfighter.” |
| Arrays with Extended Shortwave Infrared Wavelength
• LC Series Arrays designed for broad wavelength range, multi-channel spectrometer designs
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, is a high-volume manufacturer of the recently introduced Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Linear Photodiode LC-Series Array. The new LC array extends well beyond other near-infrared linear arrays to deliver high sensitivity for imaging applications from 0.9 microns all the way out to 2.6 microns. The device offers instrument designers several advantages: no moving parts, easy integration into existing systems, fast signal readout, and real-time measurement results for an attractive alternative to FTIR-NIR (Fourier Transform Infrared-Near-Infrared) Interferometry.
The rugged and reliable LC Series, shipping now in OEM volumes, is ideal for applications such as industrial process control, biomedical analysis, plastics recycling, and NIR spectroscopy. The new InGaAs linear photodiodes with the extended 2.6 micron wavelength array also offer wider spectral range and improved functionality over FTIR-NIR instrumentation.
Developed specifically for broad-wavelength-range, multi-channel spectrometer designs, the
SU256LSC-2.6T2 detector array features 256 elements of extended response InGaAs material. The LC InGaAs photodiode array is vibration-resistant, easy to use, and has a large active area, 50 micron x 250 micron pixel size. LC package design includes a two-stage TEC and thermally-optimized materials for multi-channel spectrometers that require high sensitivity, low power consumption, and long-term stability.
Goodrich’s Princeton, NJ team, Sensors Unlimited Inc., has pioneered the design and production of NIR and SWIR cameras and systems utilizing advanced Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military, agricultural and scientific markets. For additional information on InGaAs-based shortwave infrared imaging detectors, arrays and systems, please visit www.sensorsinc.com. |
| InGaAs SWIR Video Camera on ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft
• Uncooled InGaAs detector technology enables extremely lightweight SWIR camera
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, announced today that their ultra-compact, high sensitivity SU640KTSX indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera has been successfully flight-tested on the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft at the Fort Leonard Wood test range in Missouri.
The InGaAs-SWIR imager requires no cooling it is lightweight (less than 90g) and uses low power (less than 2.5W at 20 degrees C), making it ideal for unmanned flight imaging requirements.
Ed Hart, General Manager of Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited Princeton, NJ team, notes, “We are proud to be part of this successful flight test with The Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems- St. Louis) and Insitu (Bingen, WA).” He adds, “The ability to image through many atmospheric obscurants like fog, haze or rain during daytime or nighttime makes our shortwave InGaAs high sensitivity camera especially useful for unmanned aircraft for maritime intelligence and surveillance. Our room-temperature operation InGaAs-SWIR cameras are lighter weight and consume less power than competing shortwave infrared germanium-based cameras and mid- or long-wave infrared imagers which generally require heavy and expensive cooling systems.”
The 640 x 512 pixel solid-state camera, with on-board non-uniformity corrections, captures full-sized images at 30 frames per second. The camera’s focal plane array features a 25-micron pitch with a wavelength response over the shortwave infrared spectrum from 0.9 to 1.7 microns. This model is also available with Sensors Unlimited’s new NIR/SWIR extended wavelength response from 0.7 to 1.7 microns. The SU640KTSX can be easily integrated into large or small systems, making it suitable for hand-held, helmet mounted, mobile or aerial SWIR imaging applications. Because InGaAs night vision (NV) technology detects reflected light, unlike today’s small thermal NV cameras that detect heat signatures, Goodrich’s compact NIR/SWIR camera provides exceptional identification clarity over a wide range of day and night illumination levels. |
| Compact, High Sensitivity NIR/SWIR Cameras
• KTX and KTSX cameras increase both day and night time image sensitivity.
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, now offers the NIR/SWIR imaging capability for UAV and UGV (unmanned aerial and ground vehicle) applications. The KT camera family features the new night vision and laser detection capability that images from the NIR (near infrared) to the SWIR (shortwave infrared) portion of the spectrum, including what night vision goggles can and cannot see. Available in small, lightweight, high sensitivity camera packages with 320 x 256 pixel or 640 x 512 pixel resolution, the compact imagers are ideal for integration into UAV payloads.
New processing techniques developed by Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited, Inc. team have pushed capabilities of the NIR/SWIR camera to see light wavelengths from 0.7 microns to 1.7 microns, whereas traditional night vision cameras can detect wavelengths up to roughly 1.0 microns. NIR/SWIR’s expanded capabilities allow the end user to detect and track a wide range of military lasers. Because InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) night vision (NV) technology detects light, unlike today’s small thermal NV cameras that detect heat signature, Goodrich’s compact NIR/SWIR cameras provide exceptional clarity in both day and night conditions, from partial starlight to direct sun illumination.
The tiny imagers utilize the company’s proprietary indium gallium arsenide-night vision (InGaAs-NV™) technology to detect and track a broad range of battlefield infrared lasers with heightened night and day time sensitivity. The KT cameras are suited for integration into night vision and laser detection systems on unmanned vehicles, rifle scopes, precision-guided munitions and hostile fire indicators. |
| New Sales Representative in South Korea
Sensors Unlimited, Inc., part of Goodrich Corporation, global leaders in near-infrared (NIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras, arrays and systems, announced today an agreement with JUN-Vision (South Korea) to act as a sales representative for Sensors’ product line. JUN-Vision, specializing in machine vision, semiconductor inspection, and consumer display markets, will promote the Goodrich line of shortwave infrared cameras based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) material technology throughout South Korea. One of the key products represented is the SU-LDH, a NIR, high-speed, high-resolution line scan camera with high data rates (more than 47,000 lines per second) and a wavelength response from 0.8 to 1.7 microns. This new SWIR camera is ideal for industrial process control and machine vision applications.
Bob Struthers, Director, Sales and Marketing of Goodrich’s Sensors Unlimited team in Princeton, NJ, notes, “It is our pleasure to announce our affiliation with JUN-Vision, a highly-regarded sales representative firm based in South Korea. Their expertise in the field of machine vision and inspection equipment for over twelve years will lend our product line a distinct advantage in this important and expanding industrial market.” |
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