Surface Optics’ Full-Motion Video Spectral Imager Aboard U.S. Navy 4th Fleet Airship

Surface Optics’ full-motion video spectral imager (FMV-SI) participates in U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet airship capabilities demonstration flights. FMV-SI combines the real-time, situational awareness provided by full-motion video with the spectral intelligence that aids in the detection, identification and management of targets based on their inherent signature.

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New Airborne Spectral Imager SOC710-GX Presented at ASPRS

Surface Optics will be offering demonstrations of our new SOC710-GX airborne Vis/NIR spectral imaging system at this week’s ASPRS Conference in Baltimore, MD. The SOC710-GX is a complete airborne spectral imager, specifically designed for ease of installation in a UAV or small aircraft. The compact system delivers real-time, research-grade results covering the 400-1000 nanometer wavelength […]

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2013 Conference Schedule

Surface Optics has a number of conferences lined up for 2013, check out the confirmed events we will be attending!

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Data from Kepler space telescope indicates Earth-like planets are right next door

Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets. Since red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy, the closest Earth-like planet could be just 13 light-years away.

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Photonics West 2013

The Surface Optics engineering team has returned after a busy week showcasing SOC’s handheld reflectometers, spectral imagers, and cutting edge thin-film coating technology at the Photonics West 2013 Exhibition in San Francisco, California. Photonics West is hosted by the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and is the world’s leading biomedical optics, optoelectronics, microfabrication, laser […]

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