Irvine Sensors Supplies Clip-On Thermal Imagers

March 31, 2010

As a result of a modification to an existing purchase order with Optics 1 (Manchester, NH) Irvine Sensors Corp. will supply that firm Clip-On Thermal Imager (COTI) systems as part of the Optics 1's $37.8-million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (Crane, IN). Irvine Sensors will produce COTI devices that augment the capabilities of existing military night vision goggles, providing thermal images in conditions of low light or harsh atmospheric conditions. Jointly developed by Irvine Sensors and Optics 1, the COTI technology could be used to retrofit as many as one million night vision goggles currently in UN military inventories. According to John Carson, CEO of Irvine Sensors (Costa Mesa, CA), "Once the required delivery schedules of the government customer are fully known, we expect that the amount of our subcontract will ultimately exceed $18 million in support of this job."

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.