Earmark - FireLider- a non-thermal means of seeing through fire and smoke

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