Innovative Dual-Band Camera Technology Service

The government authority 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 develop and demonstrate a dual-band camera operating across the extended short-wave and mid-wave infrared bands. This technology must incorporate a single large format, small pitch, focal plane array and a corresponding digital readout integrated circuit suitable for video imaging. The project covers the creation of a system that yields high-resolution, multi-spectral video imagery over large fields of regard. The agency requires the camera technology to provide dual-band video imagery data in separate channels via a camera link serial protocol standard or equivalent interface. The full system will consist of individual cameras mounted together, aligned, and coordinated through a common controller. Bidders must be onshore United States organizations to be eligible for 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 has not disclosed specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the initial solicitation.