Seeing photons : progress and limits of visible and infrared sensor arrays /

"The Department of Defense recently highlighted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities as a top priority for U.S. warfighters. Contributions provided by ISR assets in the operational theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan have been widely documented in press reporting. Whil...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Developments in Detector Technologies
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010
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Summary:"The Department of Defense recently highlighted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities as a top priority for U.S. warfighters. Contributions provided by ISR assets in the operational theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan have been widely documented in press reporting. While the United States continues to increase investments in ISR capabilities, other nations not friendly to the United States will continue to seek countermeasures to U.S. capabilities. The Technology Warning Division of the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) Defense Warning Office (DWO) has the critical responsibility, in collaborations with other components of the intelligence community (IC), for providing U.S. policymakers insight into technological developments that may impact future U.S. warfighting capabilities. To this end, the IC requested that the National Research Council (NRC) investigate and report on key visible and infrared detector technologies, with potential military utility, that are likely to be developed in the next 10-15 years. This study is the eighth in a series sponsored by the DWO and executed under the auspices of the NRC TIGER (Technology Insight-Gauge, Evaluate, and Review) Standing Committee."--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 174 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309153058
0309153050
1282885642
9781282885646
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.