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GOLETA, Calif., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS) has received its fifth Herschel Award since 1987 in recognition of technological breakthroughs. The award, presented recently at the 2011 Military Sensing Symposia held in Orlando, Fla., recognizes the development of state-of-the-art hybrid visible FPA (focal plane arrays) solutions based on Silicon P-i-N detector technology. These FPAs have superior performance in quantum efficiency,...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LumaSense Technologies, Inc. has introduced two multi-purpose infrared temperature sensors to its line of compact pyrometers. The IMPAC IS 320 and IGA 320 are the latest additions to LumaSense's broad portfolio of gas and temperatures sensing solutions, which include infrared thermometers, fiber optic sensors and gas measurement instruments, as well as pyrometers. The IS 320 and IGA 320 sensors offer features such as small form-factor,...

Stars at all stages of development, from dusty little tots to young adults, are on display in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.This cosmic community is called the North American nebula. In visible light, the region resembles the North American continent, with the most striking resemblance being the Gulf of Mexico. But in Spitzer's infrared view, the continent disappears. Instead, a swirling landscape of dust and young stars comes into view."One of the things that makes me...

Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster similar to the massive ones seen today.The developing cluster, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, was discovered and characterized by multi-wavelength telescopes, including NASA's Spitzer, Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, and the ground-based W.M. Keck Observatory and Japan's Subaru Telescope."This exciting...

NEC Avio Infrared Technologies announced today a "Thermo Mirror" which can read the skin temperature of anyone looking into it, without the need for physical contact says the Japanese technology firm. Similar in appearance to a table mirror it is expected to replace thermography cameras used at airports and other public spaces that passively screen people who might have communicable diseases. The person's temperature is displayed on the surface, and the device has an alarm that will beep when...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LumaSense Technologies, Inc., (LumaSense) a global provider of temperature and gas sensing solutions used in a wide range of industries, today announced it has acquired Buellton, Calif. based InfraredVision Technology Corp. (ITC) from L-3 Communications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ITC produces Vanadium Oxide (VOx) microbolometer detectors, which are used in thermal imaging systems such as infrared cameras. The...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed the first of three science flights on Wednesday morning to demonstrate the aircraft's potential to make discoveries about the infrared universe. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The airborne observatory is an international collaboration between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed the first of three science flights on Wednesday morning to demonstrate the aircraft's potential to make discoveries about the infrared universe.The airborne observatory is an international collaboration between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR). SOFIA is a heavily modified Boeing 747SP that cruises at altitudes between 39,000 and 45,000 feet. It will allow...

XGA format produces high definition 1024x768 images at 30Hz Fairfield, NJ (PRWEB) October 22, 2010 Sofradir EC, Inc. will premiere at AUSA, October 25 "“ 27, 2010 in Washington, DC, the ATOM 1024, http://www.ircores.com , the first commercially available uncooled XGA camera available today. Incorporating ULIS's advanced silicon microbolometer technology, the ATOM 1024 is a true high definition (XGA format) thermal imaging camera specially designed for delivering high resolution images...