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  • UTC Unveils High-Res Infrared Imaging Sensor for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Unveils High-Res Infrared Imaging Sensor for Navy

    A sensor business under United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems unit has introduced a new imaging sensor as part of the U.S. Navy’s Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation program. The company said Wednesday that its Sensors Unlimited business has delivered four prototypes of the indium gallium arsenide Near Infrared/Shortwave Infrared sensor to the Navy under a […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary Tests Imaging Sensor Onboard Northrop’s Global Hawk - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Subsidiary Tests Imaging Sensor Onboard Northrop’s Global Hawk

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has concluded the initial test flight of its multi-spectral imaging sensor aboard the Northrop Grumman-built RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Kevin Raftery, vice president of ISR and space systems at UTC Aerospace Systems, said in a statement published Wednesday the first flight test sought to demonstrate the capability of the UTC […] More

  • Report: Northrop Reschedules Global Hawk Flight Test With UTC-Built Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop Reschedules Global Hawk Flight Test With UTC-Built Sensor

    Northrop Grumman has pushed back the test flight of its RQ-4 Global Hawk  unmanned surveillance aircraft equipped with a United Technologies Corp.-built multispectral imaging sensor technology to late January, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. Rachel Karas writes testing of the MS-177 sensor-equipped Global Hawk was originally scheduled to occur in late December. The report said Northrop postponed all the company’s test […] More

  • UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments

    A business unit of  United Technologies Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to update the company’s MS-177 imaging sensor system in efforts to increase the technology’s resolution and coverage. UTC Aerospace Systems will design, build, manufacture and deliver updated MS-177A sensors for potential deployment by the Air Force in 2019, UTC said Monday. The service branch will determine eventual sensor […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Reconfigurable Imaging Sensor Devt Program; Jay Lewis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Reconfigurable Imaging Sensor Devt Program; Jay Lewis Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on Sept. 30 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the Reconfigurable Imaging program that aims to develop a single camera sensor designed to simultaneously perform several imaging functions within its field of view. “What we are aiming for is a single, multi-talented camera sensor that can detect visual […] More

  • Surrey Subsidiary to Research Landsat Sensor Alternatives; Doug Gerull Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Surrey Subsidiary to Research Landsat Sensor Alternatives; Doug Gerull Comments

    Surrey Satellite Technology US will conduct a study on sustainable land imaging reduced instrument envelope as an alternative to the current Landsat imaging sensors under a new contract from NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. The Colorado-based subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. said Friday the six-month study will look into developing a smaller form factor for the sensors installed on […] More