TAS::80 0119::TAS THE INNOVATION IS A MINIATURIZED AIRBORNE IMAGING CENTRAL SERVER SYSTEM (MAICSS). MAICSS…

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TAS::80 0119::TAS THE INNOVATION IS A MINIATURIZED AIRBORNE IMAGING CENTRAL SERVER SYSTEM (MAICSS). MAICSS IS DESIGNED AS A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER-BASED ELECTRONIC BACKEND THAT INTEGRATES A COMPLETE SET OF POWER AND SIGNAL INTERFACES TO SERVE A SUITE OF ADVANCED LWIR, SWIR, EO, AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SENSORS AND AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SURFACE REMOTE SENSING. MAICSS RECORDS CONTINUOUS PRECISION GEO-REFERENCED AND TIME-TAGGED MULTI-SENSOR THROUGHPUTS TO MASS STORAGE DEVICES AT A HIGH AGGREGATE RATE, TYPICALLY 100+ MEGABYTES/SEC. MAICSS COMPATIBLE SENSOR PACKAGES INCLUDE 1) A PAIR OF NASA'S 1024+ X 1024+ PIXEL LWIR QWIP CAMERAS, 2) A PAIR OF 60.5 MEGAPIXEL BUCKEYE EO CAMERAS, AND 3) A FAST (E.G. 200+ SCANLINES/SEC) AND WIDE SWATHWIDTH (E.G. 1920+ PIXELS) CCD/INGAAS IMAGER BASED VNIR AND SWIR IMAGING SPECTROMETER. MAICSS CONSISTS OF A SUITE OF INTERCHANGEABLE AND INTERCONNECTED MODULES IN PRECISION-MACHINED BOXES FOR FLEXIBLE SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT. IT HAS A TOTAL SOLID STATE COMPACT DESIGN WITH A TYPICAL VOLUME OF 0.03 M3 AND A MASS OF 20KG. WITHOUT HARD DRIVES AND OTHER MOVING PARTS, IT IS OPERATIONAL AT HIGH ALTITUDES AND SURVIVABLE IN HIGH VIBRATION ENVIRONMENTS. MAICSS IS A COMPLETE STANDALONE IMAGING SERVER INSTRUMENT WITH AN EASY-TO-USE SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR EITHER AUTONOMOUS DATA COLLECTION OR INTERACTIVE AIRBORNE OPERATION.