8/10/2019 Next Year in Yemen for Hood Tech Visions Optical and Infrared UAV Imagers

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Next Year in Yemen for Hood Tech Visions Optical and Infrared UAV Imagers

Nine electro-optical and three infrared Hood Tech UAV imagers will be used to track Al Qaida

activities in Yemen

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UAV imagers will be used to track Al Qaida activities in Yemen

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According to the 5orld Tribune online 6http!77wwwworldtribunecom7')*+7*)7)(7u-s-awards-

boeing-subsidiar/-contract-suppl/-drones-/emen78# the Yemeni government will use Hood TechVisions imagers to help track Al Qaida activities As part of the s/stem sold b/ $nsitu# nine electro-

optical imagers and three infrared units are included# so that da/ and night operations are feasible

5hen Hood Tech began producing 2))-gm video-camera turrets in *992# it enabled an entirel/ new

class of small unmanned aerial vehicles 6UAVs8 Hood Technolog/ Vision now designs andmanufactures imaging and video processing s/stems at the highest level of the National $mager/

$nterpretabilit/ %ating :cale 6N$$%:8! level 9 Hood Tech Vision matches embedded stabili;ationtechnolog/ with electro-optical lenses that ;oom up to ')) times This results in a field of view of

)( degrees# in a package that weighs from less than one to si, kg Hood Tech Vision imagers

consume as little as one-fifth the power common for such s/stems# increasing the power budget toother sensors for