Everybody look up and wave: Raytheon has announced it has an infrared sensor that can keep its 16 megapixel eye trained on an entire hemisphere.
The press release, which says it could be used for a space-based missile warning system, or for meteorology or astronomy applications, makes it sound kind of creepy:
… “When employed as part of a satellite sensor system, the 4K-by-4K will permit full-Earth hemisphere staring with a single focal plane array.”
Raytheon said sensors using the technology would be simpler, since they wouldn’t need scanning mechanisms needed to cover an entire hemisphere.
Posted by Brendan Lynch
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