XIOMAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1

Description

<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">The overall objective of the SBIR is to develop a high performance, inexpensive, three-band thermal infrared camera system, suitable for deployment in Unmanned Airborne Systems and CubeSats.&nbsp; This imaging system will be capable of mapping thermal features on the surface of the earth with a high revisit rate and high spatial resolution.&nbsp; Xiomas believes the Three Band Infrared Detector (TBIRD) System will see significant demand as a small multiband thermal sensor onboard small to medium sized unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV) and space-based cubesat applications, in both the commercial and military markets.</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Xiomas has extensive experience in most of the fundamental technologies proposed.&nbsp; In Phase II we propose to develop a flight ready TRL 7 prototype, with the final six months of Phase II dedicated to instrument calibration and characterization, environmental tests (shock, vibration, temperature, etc.), and flight tests in manned or unmanned small aircraft.&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">The system will be useful for a wide variety of environmental research, disaster response, wildfire science, wildfire detection and mapping, oil spill mapping and detection, and thermal anomaly mapping in general.</p>