Spectral Sensing Foundations
SSSC bases all of its sensor solutions on sound scientific foundations to ensure an effective end-to-end solution.
In addition to employing standard software (such as MODTRAN, RADCAL, Matlab) and hardware (like blackbody sources, spectrometers and monochromators), SSSC creates in-house software and hardware tools to allow a complete understanding of the sensor solution. From basic target phenomenology to sensor functionality, and from algorithm implementation to operational data product, SSSC relies on its acumen with:
- Specialized laboratory and field measurement instruments
- Custom software for controlling commercial and custom sensors
- Software tools and environments for manipulating and displaying imagery and spectral data
- A library of spectral imaging data sets
- A library of spectral-temporal signatures from energetic battlefield events
- Modeling software tools
- Optical design software tools
- Electronic design software tools
- Hardware-in-the-Loop testing equipment
- Data collection hardware and instrumentation
Crossed Dispersion Prism (CDP) for Field Measurements
SSSC’s CDP sensor is ideal for field measurements of energetic point targets, such as rocket plumes or muzzle flashes. Invented at SSSC, the CDP is effectively a wide field of view spectrometer, recording a target’s spectrum from the visible through the MWIR at rates up to 1600 Hz. (Based on US patents 7,155,354 and 7,499,836.)
SSSC’s CDP sensor is ideal for field measurements of energetic point targets, such as rocket plumes or muzzle flashes. Invented at SSSC, the CDP is effectively a wide field of view spectrometer, recording a target’s spectrum from the visible through the MWIR at rates up to 1600 Hz. (Based on US patents 7,155,354 and 7,499,836.)
Spectral-Temporal Library
SSSC’s growing spectral-temporal library includes moderately-resolved spectra (10–80 nm) in the visible, NIR, SWIR, and MWIR, including how the spectra evolve over the duration of the event. From muzzle flashes from small arms and heavy machine guns to mortars and howitzers, and from rocket-propelled grenade plumes to long-range solid rocket boosters, SSSC’s Spectral-Temporal Library provides a solid foundation to solving our customers’ detection and discrimination needs.
SSSC’s growing spectral-temporal library includes moderately-resolved spectra (10–80 nm) in the visible, NIR, SWIR, and MWIR, including how the spectra evolve over the duration of the event. From muzzle flashes from small arms and heavy machine guns to mortars and howitzers, and from rocket-propelled grenade plumes to long-range solid rocket boosters, SSSC’s Spectral-Temporal Library provides a solid foundation to solving our customers’ detection and discrimination needs.
