Electronic surveillance

Wanted: electro-optics companies able to build multispectral sensor for persistent surveillance

U.S. Army electro-optics researchers are surveying industry to find companies able to design a multispectral sensorfrom existing products for persistent surveillance to identify walking humans and vehicles at mid- to long ranges.

Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., issued a sources-sought notice on Tuesday (W909MY-19-R-E001) for the EO/IR Sensor Characterization for Persistent Surveillance System - Ground (PSS-G) component of the Army's Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (Expeditionary) (G-BOSS(E)) project.

Army researchers want to find companies able to design a gimbal-mounted integrated electro-optical sensor payload that blends mid-wave and short-wave infrared sensors, laser range finder, and laser pointer.

The Army Contracting Command is issuing the sources-sought notice on behalf of the Product Management Force Protection Systems segment of the Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) at Fort Belvoir, Va., for this electro-optical sensor project.