Month: December 2021

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Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop an Ultra High Apparent Temperature Large Format Infrared Scene Projector (UHAT-LF-IRSP).

This UHAT-LF-IRSP will employ digital micromirror device (DMD) technology with structured quantum cascade laser (QCL) illumination, addressing MDA’s requirements for next generation scene projector capabilities to keep pace with evolving threats and associated threat detection sensors.

PSI’s IRSP technology will enable training and testing of the next generation of electro optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors including missile warning systems with higher fidelity, brighter, higher contrast, and wider format scenes than supported by currently available IRSP systems employing emitter arrays, LEDs, and conventional DMD-based architectures. The IRSP will be well suited for training and test of commercial sensors and algorithms used to detect fires from remote locations including CubeSat constellations and terrestrial sensors for the monitoring of ship’s holds and warehouses

For more information, contact:

Dr. Julia Dupuis
Vice President, Tactical Systems
jdupuis@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Telephone: (978) 689-0003

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Physical Sciences Inc has been awarded a contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to leverage our extensive experience in infrared scene projector (IRSP) design and harsh environmental operability to create a radiation hardened, hybrid, foveated, infrared scene projector (Rad Hard HF-IRSP).

PSI’s design allows long-life, low-maintenance operation of conventional optical components inside a pressure, thermal and radiation environment similar to that of low Earth orbit. A modular reconfiguration of the HF-IRSP is planned, creating the potential for a suite of radiation-hardened IRSP components that can be configured for the diverse needs of the infrared sensor test and evaluation community.

PSI’s IRSP technology will enable training and testing of the next generation of electro optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors including missile warning systems with higher fidelity, brighter, higher contrast, and higher frame rate scenes than supported by currently available IRSP systems. A custom-designed hermetically sealed radiation hardened enclosure will enable operation in space or manmade radiation, temperature and vacuum environments.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Julia Dupuis
Vice President, Tactical Systems
jdupuis@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Telephone: (978) 689-0003

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Physical Sciences Inc has been awarded a contract from the U S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to validate an innovative combination of proven and emerging continuous quantitative methane flux measurement technologies that will help achieve the environmental benefits of reducing methane emissions.

The hundreds of thousands of oil and gas storage tanks and tank batteries at upstream production sites are inadvertent intermittent, generally unmonitored, high flow rate (flux) methane emitters. Their emission rates are poorly quantified. Flux measurements are inhibited by the difficulty of directly accessing emission sources, instrument limitations, and the inability to distinguish between unintentional emission events versus routine venting.

PSI’s technology will provide easily installed laser-based continuous monitoring along tank battery perimeters. Configured with novel high-speed (10 Hz) measurement and spatial laser scanning, it will detect, quantify, and wirelessly report emissions. Its temporal resolution enables statistical data processing that recognizes routine vents. The laser technology is based on our transformative handheld Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD®) platform. In handheld and low-flying drone-mounted configurations, the laser scanning technique yields quantitative leak plume images that provides data for deducing flux.

PSI’s active laser technique overcomes many current limitations at significantly lower cost per unit. Oil and gas producers are driven by EPA regulations to begin deploying this technology in earnest c.2025 at costs <$10k per unit. The potential market far exceeds tens of thousands of units. This project will support advancing the technology to proven products that can be mass produced, installed, and operated at acceptable cost to meet these market needs.

For more information, contact:

Shin-Juh Chen
Group Leader, Industrial Sensors Group
schen@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Telephone: (978) 689-0003