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U.S. Military Can Do New Missions in Denied Areas With New Sensor Product from Optical Alchemy, Inc.
6 October 2005
Optical Alchemy, Inc., the leading developer and manufacturer of ultra-light, inertial, stabilized sensor systems for unmanned vehicles, today announced the availability of its ultra-light, 2-Axis Sensor payload (i.e., gimbal/turret), the KJ-600, for initial field trials and deployment. The KJ-600’s comprehensive and flexible payload includes: an infrared camera (IR), visible zoom camera, laser marker, onboard IMU, GPS and digital compass.
Options include a laser range finder (LRF). It provides accurate longitude/latitude pointing. It weighs only 4 lbs. with its enhanced integrated sensor payload allowing for 50-60lbs of additional payloads, such as fuel, ammunition, or multiple sensors, in existing or new UAVs.
“Many military missions are not being addressed because of weight, cost and sensor capabilities that preclude addressing the operator’s problems in the theater,” said Marc Daigle, President, Optical Alchemy. “We have completed development, operated our first successful flight tests and we are now manufacturing our first product, the KJ-600, to address the unmet needs in the 5-50lb UAV payload market (for more information, see Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap 2005-2030, Office of The Secretary of Defense, Figure 4.4-1, UA Payload Capacity vs. Endurance at http://www.uavpayloads.com/pwve.php4).
"Our company’s ‘can do’ attitude, combined with our superior product, will enable Shadow Class UAVs to carry multiple, integrated, sensor payloads (i.e., multiple KJ-600s, and sensor payloads that simultaneously do both RSTA and designation without sacrificing time on target) to carry out entirely new mission objectives, while dramatically increasing persistence.
"Our products also enable the creation of an entire new class of UAVs that can address the unmet needs in the Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force. The Navy will be able to have affordable UAVs keep a sensor blanket around the fleet, while divisions and company levels will perform penetrating missions in denied areas,” Daigle concluded.
Optical Alchemy’s KJ-600 fills the sensor void in the UAV market between the Dragon Eye and Shadow Class UAVs. In addition, Optical Alchemy’s KJ-600 enables UAVs in the Shadow and smaller class to significantly improve their endurance and sensor payloads, thereby meeting the needs of many unmet missions. KJ-600 will follow open architecture standards such as STANAG 4568 and our IP based architecture supports future net-centric open communications requirements necessary for manned and unmanned vehicle communications needs.
About Optical Alchemy, Inc.
Optical Alchemy, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of ultra-lightweight, high performance stabilized sensor systems for unmanned vehicles. The company’s products will create a new level of persistence, enabling UAVs to dramatically expand mission ranges, save fuel, remain in the air for longer periods of time to patrol vast areas and carry additional sensors and ordinance. The company’s small, ultra-light high performance stabilized sensor systems offer the payload flexibility, inertial stabilization and high pointing accuracy required for sense and respond missions. Optical Alchemy’s system provides configurable payloads including high resolution IR and visible sensors, laser range finder (LRF), laser marker, laser designator or a user-defined custom sensor suite. Onboard IMU, GPS, digital compass and the inertial control system provide accurate latitude/longitude/elevation pointing and, combined with the LRF, target mapping.
For more information, visit http://www.uavpayloads.com or contact Joe Romano, Partner, HighGround, Inc. at 781-279-1320 x 208.
Source: PR Web
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