Next Year in Yemen for Hood Tech Visions Optical and Infrared UAV Imagers

Nine electro-optical and three infrared Hood Tech UAV imagers will be used to track Al Qaida
activities in Yemen
Hood River, OR, UA, Octo!er "#, "$%# && Nine electro-optical and three infrared Hood Tech
UAV imagers will be used to track Al Qaida activities in Yemen
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According to the 5orld Tribune online 6http!77wwwworldtribunecom7')*+7*)7)(7u-s-awards-
boeing-subsidiar/-contract-suppl/-drones-/emen78# the Yemeni government will use Hood Tech
Vision-s imagers to help track Al Qaida activities As part of the s/stem sold b/ $nsitu# nine electro-
optical imagers and three infrared units are included# so that da/ and night operations are feasible
5hen Hood Tech began producing 2))-gm video-camera turrets in *992# it enabled an entirel/ new
class of small unmanned aerial vehicles 6UAVs8 Hood Technolog/ Vision now designs and
manufactures imaging and video processing s/stems at the highest level of the National $mager/
$nterpretabilit/ %ating :cale 6N$$%:8! level 9 Hood Tech Vision matches embedded stabili;ation
technolog/ with electro-optical lenses that ;oom up to ')) times This results in a field of view of
)( degrees# in a package that weighs from less than one to si, kg Hood Tech Vision imagers
consume as little as one-fifth the power common for such s/stems# increasing the power budget to
other sensors for <ulti-$NT missions .esigned for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles 6UAVs8#
boats# land vehicles# and towed and stationar/ mounts# the reliabilit/ and utilit/ of Hood Tech-s
da/light and thermal imaging products has been demonstrated during 2))#))) hours of use in a
variet/ of temperatures# humidit/# dust# smoke# ha;e# and other environmental factors
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design and manufacture of stabili;ed imaging s/stems# Hood Tech!
.evelops# tests# and manufactures launch and retrieval s/stems for UAVs
&perates controlled launch and =uiet wind tunnel test facilities
<onitors blade vibrations in industrial turbines and >et engines# including diagnostic
methods that predict possible future turbine failures
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