Goodrich Unveils SWaP Infrared Camera for Unmanned Vehicles

The Princeton team of Goodrich has unveiled a small SWaP (size weight and power) infrared camera that is ideal for unmanned vehicles. The camera weighs 120 g, has a resolution of 640 x 512 pixels and offers a 40º field of view. It has a total volume of less than 4.9 cubic inch that enables it to fit numerous unmanned ground or aerial vehicle systems.

The low-SWaP camera is currently deployed in the Raven unmanned aerial system’s nose cone. It is deployed on the Raven unmanned aerial system with a long-wave infrared microbolometer that has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. The camera enhances the thermal night imaging capability of the microbolometer that allows to capture images during thermal crossover and to verify the laser locations.

Director of Business Development for Goodrich's Princeton team, Martin Ettenberg stated that the SWIR camera integrated with the microbolometer enables 24-hour coverage from one unmanned aerial system. This offers warfighters with new potentials and meets the low-SWaP needs of the battlefield. It also decreases warfighters’ physical burden by enabling them to carry out one camera payload.