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Friday, September 25, 2009

BD&E to develop hyperspectral imaging system for U.S. naval periscopes

Photonics MastBodkin Design & Engineering has been awarded a $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a hyperspectral-imaging system for integration into Type 18 periscopes and AN/BVS-1 Photonics Masts to perform contact recognition and identification in marine environments.

(With an 18X magnification, image intensification, and digital-image-capturing capabilities, the Type 18 periscope is currently in common use on U.S. military attack submarines.

The AN/BVS-1 Photonics Mast serves the purpose of a periscope, but, unlike a periscope, has no hull-penetrating optical system and thus exists entirely outside the hull.)

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