| The IR 360 full range remote surveillance infrared camera system uses only fully qualified mil-spec connectors and internal components. The solid construction of the unit extends from the power head to the control box. Features include:
* Robust all weather construction
* Multiple pan-tilt options including continuous rotation
* Meets TASS certification
* Meets COTS requirments
* Long Range and Short Range options
* Multiple installation configurations | |  |
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| | The Deluxe IR-360 hand controller gives you complete control over all system functions. The controller is designed to be operated with mission protective garments. Features include:
* Pan / Tilt Joystick control
* Multiple user selectable speeds
* User adjustable preset pan control
* Black hot / White hot toggle
* Digital Zoom function
* Focus (for motor focus lens options)
* Manual / Auto image mode toggle
* + / - Image gain control
* + / - Image level control
* Power on / off switch | 
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| YES! the IR 360 comes in a variety of colors including milspec white, sand and the ever popular stealth black. The options for the IR-360 thermal imager system dont stop at mere color choices. Advanced options include:
* Real time target alarm and tracking with software control and map overlay
* Color thermal imaging for target discrimination.
* Network camera support
* Flat panel LCD monitors from 5" to 50"
* Fiber optic and wireless compatible configurations.
* Custom designed systems are always available to meet your needs. | |  |
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| | Competitive Advantages of the IR 360 Systems
C Camera Systems
The SPI-IR 360C Thermal Camera System is one of the basic building blocks of our rugged military grade family of environmentally hardened double enclosure thermal surveillance designs. The enclosure is the same one that is used in our mobile and fixed mount pan tilt systems (minus the pan tilt of course) and can be mounted in a variety of fixed positions. The IR 360 double enclosure has several distinct advantages over competing models.
The enclosure features sealed hardware mounting so that there are no boltholes that extend from the outer environment into the thermal sensor / lens cavity. Due to this engineered design the unit is able to maintain its environmental hardness even with loose or completely missing bolts. Competing units that use through bolts with backing nuts will loose complete environmental integrity if just one bolt becomes loose or is missing.
The IR 360 environmental housing comes standard with a carbon hardened germanium window. Competing brands may offer low-grade non-hardened germanium or inferior silicone type windows in an effort to cut costs. We have found that non-hardened germanium windows are completely unsuited to military grade applications and systems installed with this technology will notice a steady decline in image quality as the window becomes scratched and pitted from ordinary environmental stresses. This is especially critical in mobile applications where we have seen systems with non-hardened windows become completely unusable in a matter of months. Additionally, low cost silicone windows have lower transmission values and durability than premium carbon hardened germanium pieces and are never used in the IR-360 line of thermal infrared camera systems.
Internal thermostatically controlled heating elements provide you with maximum usability in the widest range of environmental extremes. Many companies offer a variety of systems to claim extreme weather readiness including wipers, heat sinks and simple insulation. We have found that wipers are a neat item to look at but in the real world they offer little if no usable benefit to icing problems. In addition wipers are a costly item (in terms of initial system design and maintenance) that must be regularly replaced. In a fixed pole or building mount scenario this would require man power to climb the pole and either replace the wiper at the top of the pole or un-mount the entire camera assembly and bring it to the ground for repair. Neither solution lends to maximum uptime for the unit. Heat sink devices and insulation solutions can only offer a limited amount of time until they become overwhelmed by the constant stress of environmental extremes. The only reliable long-term solution we have found is our rock solid thermostatically controlled heater elements. The heater element will provide you with continuous operation of internal thermal imaging electronics and maintain a consistent lens temperature that is critical to accurate thermal imager performance.
The IR 360 line of thermal camera systems has completely sealed thermal sensor and lens packages. This might seem like a no-brainer but it is in fact not an industry standard. Competing systems in effort to cut costs have left the lens exposed to the elements or at least the front face of the lens. Some may even claim that it is a carbon hardened germanium lens and it sealed around the side for protection from the elements. This design strategy has several glaring flaws in it. First and foremost a thermal infrared lens system (especially long range versions) are very costly and generally make up a good portion of the cost to acquire the system. Even carbon hardened germanium optics will wear out eventually when exposed to the elements. When this happens it is time to scrape the most expensive single piece of the system and replace it. Next we have the issue of the lens and detector being in two different environments and possibly a wide range of temperature extremes. This type of scenario does not lend it self to accurate imaging performance. The IR 360 never comes with an exposed lens surface and it is our opinion that you should not even consider such a design for any military grade applications.
The PT series
The SPI-IR 360PTF and SPI-IRPTM thermal camera systems combine the benefits of the rugged C camera and housing with an equally robust integrated Pan Tilt unit. The Pan Tilt unit is environmentally hardened and suited for a wide range of military and civilian applications. Our PT offers the following distinct advantages
Internal stainless steel gears and chains offer long-term stability and resist breakage under hard loading such as in a mobile mounted scenario. Other models can employ belt drives, aluminum or even plastic internal components that we feel will fail under military loading conditions. If a drive belt slips or plastic gears crack while the unit is mounted on an HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle) then the system would become useless until it was disassembled and repaired. We feel that a steel drive train offers the user the most durable rock solid solution to high demand thermal imaging applications.
TASS (Tactical Automated Security System) sometimes referred to as Tactical Automated Sensor System means that the IR 360 has meet or exceeded certain parameters set for by the US Air Force TASS program. In other words the IR 360 thermal sensors “play” well with other intrusion and surveillance sensor systems and can be easily tied into a new or existing security system for full time network centric security.
Network Centric capability allows the IR 360 systems to be tied into other systems via analog, digital or Ethernet configurations allowing for a free flow of security information among battlefield and security systems. The systems can easily integrate into C4ISR system architecture providing the sensor in sensor to shooter configurations. Our Pan Tilt FLIR sensors can provide invaluable information to troops involved in MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) situations were airborne sensor data (even from low flying UAV’s) may not be able to show the soldier crucial elements of his surroundings. Our pan tilt systems allow direct access of sensor to shooter during military operations in urban terrain. The easy integration of our vehicle mounted pan tilt thermal systems allows the information gathered on the ground to be passed up the system of systems architecture to enhance the overall aerial picture of a complex urban battlefield. The IR 360 pan tilt thermal camera is the ideal sensor package for all Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance applications.
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| The IR 360 full range remote surveillance infrared camera system uses only fully qualified mil-spec connectors and internal components. The solid construction of the unit extends from the power head to the control box. Features include:
Thermal FLIR IR and stabilized CCD color imaging payload w/Robust all weather construction
Multiple stand alone, pan-tilt, stationary, mobile, marine options including continuous rotation
Meets TASS (US Armed forces) certification
Meets COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) requirements
Wide detection acquisition Ranges, Long Range and Short Range options
Multiple installation configurations with alerting for threat assessments
-Includes Passive Rangefinder and NUDGE image stabilization featureset
-Can be operated with hand controller, computer PC and a wide array of your existing protocol security suite | |  |
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| | Currently deployed in Iraq by US Military armed forces, The Digital IR 360 remote sensing thermal imaging PTZ FLIR payload represents the state of the art in rugged military grade WSTI, SRTI, MRTI & LRTI solutions. Affordable pricing & versatility make the IR 360 sensor suite a fantastic choice. Thermal images are displayed in Black & white or color. The 360 is available in a wide range of COTS configurations including mobile or Marine, pan-tilt-zoom and fixed mount scenarios. Coupled with an optional stabilized high resolution CCD live color camera w/user selectable zoom, The IR 360 an ideal platform for Quick deployment with absolutely no maintenance & ease of operation. | 
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| The Space shuttle in thermal imaging. This shot was taken at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | |  |
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| | Late night pitch dark surveillance of suspicious individuals. The 360 does not miss a thing 24/7 + 365. | 
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| Another late night Dumb-Dumb that thought no one was looking. Hop that fence and you are in for a surprise. The 360 provides silent completely passive monitoring of your secure policy areas. | |  |
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| | GOTHCA!! A surreptitious late night rendezvous is not as secure as it used to be. Watch all the action from a distance and be ready to snag the bad guys before they know what hit them. | 
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