Air Force funds more research on camera for airborne surveillance

The U.S. Air Force is boosting the research to help develop a high-definition, short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera for airborne surveillance applications, according to an Air Force press release from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer program office recently provided nearly $750,000 of follow-on funding for a SBIR research effort. The project is being conducted from the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patt in the Dayton region.

The objective of this SBIR Phase II follow-on contract is maturation of the technology and manufacturing readiness. Toyon Research Corp., located in Goleta, Calif., and their subcontractor, FLIR Systems, ...