NASA has selected a Luna Innovations-built semiconductor laser for use in its Navigation Doppler LiDAR system. “To precisely measure the vehicle speed, direction, and distance, our NDL system uses both Doppler shift and laser beam travel time, which requires a highly stable single-frequency laser source,” said Farzin Amzajerdian, NDL principal investigator from NASA Langley Research Center. “The RIO laser from Luna Innovations has met NASA’s requirements for high reliability, low noise, and ultra-narrow linewidth.”
Read More »Sierra Nevada Works on New System to Help Pilots Fly in Limited Visibility
Sierra Nevada Corp. has been selected to advance to the third phase of a U.S. Army competition to develop a system that can help pilots operate in fog, dirt and other limited visibility conditions, National Defense reported Friday.
Read More »Dewberry to Help USGS Process Lidar Data for Florida Storm Surge Modeling
The U.S. Geological Survey has tapped Dewberry to update base elevation models for the Florida Panhandle region using post-hurricane data from light detection and ranging sensors.
Read More »Dewberry Selected for Florida Mapping Project
Dewberry will lead an industry team to complete a mapping project in Florida using airborne light detection and ranging technology under a potential $20M contract from the U.S. Geological Survey. The company said Wednesday it will collaborate with seven industry partners to collect lidar, survey the ground and prepare digital …
Read More »Ball Aerospace Licenses Camera Tech for Defense, Space Applications
Argo AI has granted Ball Aerospace exclusive rights to manufacture light detection and ranging camera systems for potential use in government, space and defense missions. Ball Aerospace said Monday it will produce Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode LiDAR technology intended to function as a key component of non-conventional imaging and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. The …
Read More »USGS Taps Dewberry for Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Hurricane Impact Identification
Dewberry will help the U.S. Geological Survey identify the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through the collection of topographic data via light detection and ranging. The company said Wednesday it will gather and process Quality Level 1 lidar data under the USGS Geospatial Product and Services …
Read More »Army Wants Info on Longwave IR LIDAR Sources
The U.S. Army‘s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center seeks information on potential industry and government sources of light detection and ranging technologies that can detect chemical vapors and biological aerosols. ECBC is surveying commercial and government off-the-shelf longwave infrared LIDAR tools that can perform chemical and biological standoff detection in mobile or fixed …
Read More »NASA Issues Europa Mission Lidar Sensor RFP
NASA has begun to solicit proposals for a light detection and ranging sensor system that will support the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s lander mission to Jupiter’s Europa moon. The agency said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice the LIDAR sensor should feature altimetry and hazard mapping functions to help the spacecraft perform …
Read More »Army Requests Info on LIDAR Tech for Manned & Unmanned Airborne Platforms
The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential sources of light detection and ranging technology that can integrate with manned and unmanned airborne platforms. A FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 21 stated the service branch seeks a LIDAR system that is designed to support mission planning, concealed target detection and mapping missions. The Army is also …
Read More »Quanergy to Integrate Raytheon BBN's Human Tracker Software With LiDAR Sensors; Louay Eldada Comments
Quanergy Systems has acquired a software platform from a Raytheon subsidiary for integration with the former's light detection and ranging sensor systems. Quanergy CEO Louay Eldada said in a statement released Monday the acquisition of the OTUS People Tracker software from Raytheon BBN Technologies is part of Quanergy's “long-term roadmap for …
Read More »LGS, DARPA Build Laser Tech With Waveform Agility; Stephan Wielandy Comments
LGS Innovations has completed work on a laser platform designed to improve the capability of light detection and ranging systems to detect and analyze objects of interest. The company developed the laser system with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's strategic technology office under the Laser Radar Technology program, LGS …
Read More »Woolpert Eyes Aerial Info Collection Services Through Leica LIDAR Purchases; Jeff Lovin Comments
Woolpert has purchased three light detection and ranging systems from Hexagon subsidiary Leica Geosystems in an effort to expand its airborne data acquisition services. Jeff Lovin, senior vice president and director of government solutions at Woolpert, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will use the LIDAR-based Leica ALS80 aerial laser …
Read More »USGS Taps Woolpert for Lidar Sensor Evaluation Work; John Gerhard Comments
Woolpert has been awarded a contract to assess the capability of light detection and ranging sensor platforms to support the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program. The lidar sensor technology has “the ability to fly at higher altitudes while acquiring data at an increased point density,“ John Gerhard, project director …
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