Hood River, OR, USA, October 24, 2014 -- Nine electro-optical and three infrared Hood Tech UAV imagers will be used to track Al Qaida activities in Yemen.

From: Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., Hood River, Oregon
Date: October 23, 2014
Subject: Next Year in Yemen for Hood Tech Vision’s Optical and Infrared UAV Imagers
Contact: Dr. Andy von Flotow, Hood Tech Corp Vision, Inc., 541-387-2288, [email protected]

According to the World Tribune online (http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/10/03/u-s-awards-boeing-subsidiary-contract-supply-drones-yemen/), the Yemeni government will use Hood Tech Vision’s imagers to help track Al Qaida activities. As part of the system sold by Insitu, nine electro-optical imagers and three infrared units are included, so that day and night operations are feasible.

When Hood Tech began producing 800-gm video-camera turrets in 1998, it enabled an entirely new class of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Hood Technology Vision now designs and manufactures imaging and video processing systems at the highest level of the National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (NIIRS): level 9. Hood Tech Vision matches embedded stabilization technology with electro-optical lenses that zoom up to 200 times. This results in a field of view of 0.3 degrees, in a package that weighs from less than one to six kg. Hood Tech Vision imagers consume as little as one-fifth the power common for such systems, increasing the power budget to other sensors for Multi-INT missions. Designed for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), boats, land vehicles, and towed and stationary mounts, the reliability and utility of Hood Tech’s daylight and thermal imaging products has been demonstrated during 800,000 hours of use in a variety of temperatures, humidity, dust, smoke, haze, and other environmental factors (http://www.hoodtechvision.com).

Dr. Andy von Flotow founded Hood Technology in Hood River, Oregon in 1993. Along with the design and manufacture of stabilized imaging systems, Hood Tech:

Develops, tests, and manufactures launch and retrieval systems for UAVs
Operates controlled launch and quiet wind tunnel test facilities
Monitors blade vibrations in industrial turbines and jet engines, including diagnostic methods that predict possible future turbine failures.

The Hood Tech web site is: www.hoodtech.com

Contact:
Andy von Flotow
Hood Technology
1750 Country Club Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
5413872288
[email protected]
http://www.hoodtech.com