A Swedish test pilot prepares to fly a Brazilian F-39E Gripen. Credit: Saab Group Brazilian Air Force pilots have started assessing the Leonardo infrared search and track (IRST) sensor on the Saab ...

Infrared sensors, which act as the "seeing" component in devices such as LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, 3D face recognition ...

A new software tool enables quicker integration of infrared sensors by optimizing product design’s evaluation, development, testing, and validation phases. More specifically, the tool streamlines ...

Vu Systems has completed development flight testing of what it describes as “civil aviation’s first passive millimetre wave (PMMW) sensor”, which promises to revolutionise operations in low-visibility ...

At the 2013 Sensor + Test trade fair in Nuremberg, Jenoptik presents hermetically solderable infrared filters, windows and cover windows for gas sensor applications and gas analysis. Free geometries, ...

U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Hawaii are testing an infrared sensor system that helps locate enemy snipers in urban environments so GIs can quickly and accurately return fire, the U.S. Army says. The ...

Many noncontact temperature-measurement systems use infrared sensors, such as thermopiles, which can detect small amounts of heat radiation. Biomedical thermometers that measure the temperature of an ...

Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...

The U.S. Defense Department plans to test a new ballistic missile-tracking sensor on a medium-altitude MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Missile Defense Agency on Monday awarded a $10 million contract to ...

A sensor identifies misfolded protein biomarkers in the blood. This offers a chance to detect Alzheimer's disease before any symptoms occur. Researchers intend to bring it to market maturity. The ...