High Praise from Early Users of Hood Tech Vision’s UAV Imaging System


Posted April 2, 2014 by associate4

The first RQ-21A squadron for the Marine Corps lauds the picture quality of Hood Tech Vision’s UAV imagers.

 
Hood River, OR, April 02, 2014 -- According to an online article in dvids (Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System-- http://www.dvidshub.net/news/122653/vmu-2-exercises-new-expeditionary-capability), the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 is highly pleased with the quality of the images produced by Hood Tech Vision’s imaging system. The article quotes 1st Lt. Anthony Atchkey, “(W)ith this particular system, the picture is quite a bit clearer”. The clarity of the image is, of course, the primary ingredient in effective surveillance, intelligence-gathering, and reconnaissance.

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 matches improved stabilization technology with electro-optical lenses that zoom up to 170 times. This results in a field of view of 0.3 degrees, in a package that weighs less than 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 stationary mounts, the reliability and utility of Hood Tech’s daylight and thermal imaging products has been demonstrated over more than 750,000 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 1992. 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 5that predict possible future failures.

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

Contact:
Andy von Flotow
Hood Tech
1750 Country Club Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
541-387-2288
[email protected]
http://www.hoodtech.com
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