Hood Tech’s New UAV Imaging System Soon to Join the Navy

Feb. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Press Release
From:  Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., Hood River, Oregon
Date:  February 9, 2012
Subject:  Hood Tech’s New UAV Imaging System Soon to Join the Navy
Contact:  Dr. Lars Bergstrom, Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., 541-490-9099, lars@hoodtech.com

Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc. has developed the new AltiCam 11 EOIR2 turret, a self-contained system featuring optical and mid-range infrared imagers with excellent optical performance, a laser range finder, and a gyroscopic, gimbal-mounted, software-driven tracking system that can lock onto a moving surface target traveling at any angle to the unmanned aircraft.  This new package meets the National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS) 9 criteria, the highest possible rating.  As with other Hood Tech imaging systems, the AltiCam 11 EOIR2 turret is designed to be rugged and to require no field maintenance.

The AltiCam 11 EOIR2 turret was developed to meet the Navy’s requirements for an imaging system for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS).  Hood Tech’s President Andy von Flotow said, “I am confident the new system will be joining the Navy soon and will contribute to improving the US Navy’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.  We expect the AltiCam 11 EOIR2 turret’s performance to be not just a hit but a home run.”
Hood Technology Corp. Vision, Inc. (Hood Tech) designs and manufactures imaging and video processing systems for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), boats, land vehicles, and stationary mounts.  The reliability and utility of Hood Tech’s daylight and thermal imaging products has been demonstrated over more than 500,000 hours of use in a variety of temperatures, humidity, dust, smoke, haze, and other environmental factors (http://www.alticamvision.com).
Hood Technology was founded by Dr. Andy von Flotow in Hood River, Oregon in 1993.  In addition to stabilized imaging systems, Hood Technology develops, tests, and manufactures launch and retrieval systems for a variety of UAVs and monitors blade vibrations in industrial turbines and jet engines, a diagnostic method for predicting possible future failures (www.hoodtech.com).

For further information, please contact Dr. Lars Bergstrom at lars@hoodtech.com.

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Hood Technology Corp. Vision, Inc. (Hood Tech) designs and manufactures imaging and video processing systems for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), boats, land vehicles, and stationary mounts.