THE INNOVATION IS AN ADVANCED AIRBORNE THEMATIC THERMAL INFRARED AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM (ATTIRE…

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THE INNOVATION IS AN ADVANCED AIRBORNE THEMATIC THERMAL INFRARED AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM (ATTIREOIS). ATTIREOIS SENSOR PAYLOAD CONSISTS OF TWO SETS OF ADVANCED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPAS) A BROADBAND THERMAL INFRARED SENSOR (TIRS) AND A FOUR (4) BAND MULTISPECTRAL ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSOR (MEOS) TO APPROXIMATE LANDSAT ETM+ BANDS 1,2,3,4, AND 6, AND LDCM BANDS 2,3,4,5, AND 10+11. THE AIRBORNE TIRS IS 3-AXIS STABILIZED SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROVIDING 3D PHOTOGRAMMETRIC IMAGES WITH A 1,850 PIXEL SWATHWIDTH VIA PUSHBROOM OPERATION. MEOS HAS A TOTAL OF 116 MILLION SIMULTANEOUS SENSOR COUNTS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING 3 CM SPATIAL RESOLUTION MULTISPECTRAL ORTHOPHOTOS FOR CONTINUOUS AIRBORNE MAPPING. ATTIREOIS IS A COMPLETE STANDALONE AND EASY-TO-USE PORTABLE IMAGING INSTRUMENT FOR LIGHT AERIAL VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT. ITS MINIATURIZED BACKEND DATA SYSTEM OPERATES ALL ATTIREOIS SENSOR COMPONENTS, AN INS/GPS, AND AN E-GIMBAL CONTROL ELECTRONIC UNIT (ECU) WITH A DATA THROUGHPUT OF 300 MEGABYTES/SEC. IT HAS A VOLUME OF 0.03 M3 AND A MASS OF 20 KG. THE BACKEND PROVIDES ADVANCED ONBOARD PROCESSING, PERFORMING AUTONOMOUS RAW SENSOR IMAGERY DEVELOPMENT, TIRS IMAGE TRACK-RECOVERY RECONSTRUCTION, LWIR/VNIR MULTI-BAND CO-REGISTRATION, AND PHOTOGRAMMETRIC IMAGE PROCESSING. WITH PROPOSED GEOMETRIC OPTICS AND BORESIGHT CALIBRATIONS, THE ATTIREOIS DATA PRODUCTS ARE DIRECTLY GEOREFERENCED WITH AN ACCURACY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE METER.