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7. Example of a thermal camera: the Modular Thermal System (SMT)
7.1 Presentation
The modular thermal system was developed in the late 70s and early 80s at the request and with the help of the French government. Two companies were involved from the outset: Société Anonyme de Télécommunications (SAT) and TRT, now Thomson-CSF Optronique. The idea was to design a set of modules from which, by adding specific sub-assemblies, it was possible to cover most of the applications of the three armed forces.
This approach reproduced, a few years later, a similar approach taken in the USA in the early 1970s.
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Bibliography
Standardization
NATO standards (STANAG)
- Analogue video standard for aircraft system applications - 3350 -
- Calculation of MRTD for thermal imaging systems - 4350 -
- Measurement of the MRTD of thermal cameras - 4349 -
- Definition of nominal static range performance for thermal imaging system - 4347 -
Thermal camera manufacturers
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France
e2v technologies http://www.e2v.com
FLIR Systems France http://www.flir.fr
Germany
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