Dstl is working on future thermal cameras that will be better at seeing through smoke and dust. Thermal cameras detect heat rather than light, making them invaluable in difficult battlefield conditions, like smoke and dust. They can spot targets at long distances and operate when traditional cameras fail. Current high-performance systems have a major drawback: they need to be cooled to extremely low temperatures, around -193°C (80 K), using bulky cooling engines. This limits where and how they can be deployed. Working with Amethyst Research and Lancaster University, Dstl tackled this problem by designing a novel detector architecture that dramatically boosts efficiency by…
