This is from Army Technology Magasine;
Reago: Our greatest success is as the devel-
oper of night vision technology. For more than
30 years, the U.S. military has been able to
proudly and accurately state that it “owns the
night.”
We have been developing the next
generation of novel new sensor technologies
that will provide the next 30 years of military
dominance.
and
Through scientific discov-
ery and innovation, we seek to
minimize the risk of transition-
ing emerging technology, and
to extend RDECOM “technical
bench,” by providing government
subject-matter expertise and act-
ing as a gateway to the academic
research community.
The ARL research portfolio
emphasizes new warfighting ca-
pabilities and countering emerg-
ing threats.
A recent example is the
discovery of how to exploit a re-
gion of the longwave infrared or
LWIR spectrum to image through
moderate to heavy brownout
degraded visual environment
conditions. Brownout conditions
occur when rotorcraft land in
desert and arid environments and
sand and debris greatly reduce
the situational awareness of our
pilots.
and
As sensor technologies have
increased in availability and per-
formance, NVESD has had to ex-
pand its partnerships with indus-
try, academia, and other federal
agencies to ensure that the Army
is appropriately leveraging sensor
technologies in those areas being
driven by external investments
and commercial applications.
Our world class expertise in
Electro-Optics, Infrared, Lasers
and Countermine technol-
ogy provides a valuable role
across the entire Department of
Defense, with industry and with
academia, as the champions for
sensor development, and provid-
ing objective and timely input in
shaping this dynamic changing
technical landscape.
If you ask me they are talking POET
LWIR and electro optics or optoelectronics, Lasers
