On Schedule for Initial Operational Capability, Hood Tech Visions UAV Imagers Continue to erform for !

lac"#ac" $%&'(A Hood Tech Vision, supplying the imagers for the Blackjack 21-A UAV system, is getting closer to full certification later this year Hood $i)er, O$, USA, April (*, '+(, && Hood Tech Vision, supplying the imagers for the Blackjack 21-A UAV system, is getting closer to full certification later this year -rom! Hood Tech "orp Vision, #nc , Hood $i%er, &regon .ate! April 1', 2(1) Sub#ect! &n *chedule for #nitial &perational "apa+ility, Hood Tech Vision,s UAV #magers "ontinue to -erform in Blackjack $.-21A *ystem Contact! /r Andy %on 0loto1, Hood Tech "orp Vision, #nc , ')1-234-2233, andy5hoodtech com According to an article in 6ane,s 7http!88111 janes com8article829'228na%y-league-2(1)-usmc-ontrack-for-+lackjack-ioc-this-year: he $.-21A UAV system, 1hich features Hood Tech Vision,s imagers, is ;on track< for initial certification this year The article states! ;The U* =arine "orps 7U*=": is preparing to declare initial operational capa+ility 7#&": for the > $.-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system 7UA*:, according to a ser%ice official< ;?e,re pleased that the =arine "orps ha%e continued on the path to full certification, including our imager, de%eloped specifically for this UAV,< said a Hood Tech representati%e ;?e look for1ard to the system,s certification and to supplying the =arines 1ith our mission-critical #*$ < ?hen Hood Tech +egan producing 3((-gm %ideo-camera turrets in 1@@3, it ena+led an entirely ne1 class of small unmanned aerial %ehicles 7UAVs: Hood Technology Vision no1 designs and manufactures imaging and %ideo processing systems at the highest le%el of the Aational #magery #nterpreta+ility $ating *cale 7A##$*:! le%el @ Hood Tech matches em+edded sta+iliBation technology 1ith electro-optical lenses that Boom up to 2(( times This results in a field of %ie1 of ( 2 degrees, in a package that 1eighs from less than one to siC kg Hood Tech Vision imagers consume as little as one-fifth the po1er common for such systems, increasing the po1er +udget to other sensors for =ulti-#AT missions /esigned for manned and unmanned aerial %ehicles 7UAVs:, +oats, land %ehicles, and to1ed and stationary mounts, the relia+ility and utility of Hood Tech,s daylight and thermal imaging products has +een demonstrated o%er more than 4'(,((( hours of use in a %ariety of temperatures, humidity, dust, smoke, haBe, and other en%ironmental factors 7http!88111 hoodtech%ision com: /r Andy %on 0loto1 founded Hood Technology in Hood $i%er, &regon in 1@@2 Along 1ith the design and manufacture of sta+iliBed imaging systems, Hood Tech! /e%elops, tests, and manufactures launch and retrie%al systems for UAVs &perates controlled launch and Duiet 1ind tunnel test facilities =onitors +lade %i+rations in industrial tur+ines and jet engines, including diagnostic methods that predict possi+le future failures

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