Innovative Dual-Band Camera Technology Service

The government authority located in Washington, DC is seeking innovative dual-band camera technology service to provide panoramic surveillance, situational awareness, and target detection in challenging maritime environments. The agency needs to solve the problem of obtaining high-resolution, multi-spectral video imagery over large fields of regard under difficult maritime conditions. To achieve this, the agency requires the development and demonstration of a dual-band camera operating across the extended short-wave and mid-wave infrared bands. The scope of work involves incorporating a single large format, small pitch, focal plane array and a corresponding digital readout integrated circuit suitable for video imaging. The requested technology must be capable of providing dual-band video imagery data in separate channels via a camera link serial protocol standard or equivalent interface. The full system will consist of a collection of individual cameras mounted together, aligned, and coordinated through a common controller, with performance determined by the focal plane array and the digital readout integrated circuit. Only organizations from the United States are eligible to participate in this opportunity. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and no specific evaluation criteria or key dates are provided in the sourcing details.