Stabilized FLIR for long-range airborne surveillance

R. Lawrence Sinclair; Steve Tritchew

doi:10.1117/12.243476

27 June 1996 Stabilized FLIR for long-range airborne surveillance

R. Lawrence Sinclair, Steve Tritchew

Proceedings Volume 2744, Infrared Technology and Applications XXII; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243476
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In this paper, the design and performance of an airborne long range thermal imaging system, operating in the 3 - 5 micrometer spectral band, is described. Comparisons of predicted and measured performance are provided. The system, which contains a dual field-of-view telescope, is stabilized to better than 5 microradians rms jitter and provides high quality thermal images with a spatial frequency resolution greater than 8 cycles per mradian.

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R. Lawrence Sinclair and Steve Tritchew "Stabilized FLIR for long-range airborne surveillance", Proc. SPIE 2744, Infrared Technology and Applications XXII, (27 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243476

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