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Agency:    Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:    Research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy (17-1319)
Certifying Official:    Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:    http://WWW.DOD.GOV   703-697-5131
FireLider- a non-thermal means of seeing through fire and smoke

4 recipients will receive $1,640,000. This is a continuing earmark.
Year Enacted: 2005
Description: This effort developed an eyesafe laser imaging system complementary to IR imagers. Effort developed innovative technologies to overcome the deficiencies of an infrared sensors used by firefighters. These sensors currently bloom and become useless in brightness of a hot fire. Approach used laser illumination and spectral filters to see through fire and smoke. Imagery will also be relayed via a wireless LAN to the command center.
 
Beneficiary/Recipient Amount ($K) Program Type Address
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY $0 Federal
WASHINGTON, DC
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION $0 Federal
PATUXENT RIVER, MD
SFA INC $1,640 For-Profit
BOWIE, MD
RL ASSOCIATES $0 For-Profit
LANGHORNE, PA
Citation
Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference
Reference: 108-622
Location: Line 4, Page 284
Citation Excerpt: FireLider- a non-thermal means of seeing through fire and smoke

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007

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