An optical drone dips low in front of a herd of antelope, gathering stunning footage for a new documentary. Equipped with advanced optics for drones mounted securely in its unobtrusive body, it is ...

Founded by IIT Kanpur alumni Anish Priyadarshi and Sanjeev Kumar, the startup is developing a short-wave infrared (SWIR) ...

A lead-free material detects infrared light and can be printed to make sensors for facial recognition, LiDAR, industrial ...

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems. The key ...

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, British Earth observation company SatVu launched its HotSat-3 thermal imaging satellite aboard ...

Teledyne FLIR OEM will help the U.S. Army develop smaller, cheaper, and more capable thermal imaging technology under a new modernization initiative. The company has joined the Army’s Delivering ...

Detecting infrared light is critical in an enormous range of technologies, from remote controls to autofocus systems to self-driving cars and virtual reality headsets. That means there would be major ...

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy air combat experts are moving forward with early production of the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II aerial targeting system for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ...

The PWSA is SDA’s rapidly deployed, proliferated constellation of low Earth orbit satellites designed to provide resilient, global missile warning, missile tracking, and missile defense capabilities.

Researchers developed a type of infrared photodiode that is 35% more responsive at 1.55 m, the key wavelength for telecommunications, compared to other germanium-based components. Detecting infrared ...

The sensor is designed for the Epoch satellite constellation. Credit: L3Harris L3Harris’s missile-tracking infrared satellite payload has passed its preliminary design review (PDR). The sensor is ...