DRS Infrared Technologies has a long heritage of excellence. We provide leading edge products and services for defense, government intelligence and commercial applications. Products offered include high performance, compact and affordable uncooled infrared detectors, modules, engines and cameras. Our strength lies in developments and innovation using VOx technology. This technology is having a big impact on applications for our military, law enforcement officers, firefighters and security professionals.

Thermal Imaging Technology So Innovative, It's Changing

HISTORY OF DRS INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES

• 1960's: DRS Infrared heritage begins at Texas Instruments with the development of the first FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed).
• 1970's: TI develops a Common Module detector, a mainstay in the US military for the next two decades.
• 1980's: Development of 2nd generation Focal Plane Arrays using signal processing on chip in the ROIC (Read Out Integrated Circuit).
• Early 1990's: Development of a 64x64 staring array, demonstrating the Javelin missile fire & forget capability.
• 1997: TI sold its defense business to Raytheon including cooled focal plane technology.
• 1997: Raytheon was required by the U.S. Department of Justice to divest itself of the former TI infrared business, which included the infrared focal plane array program (as a condition of merger with Hughes).
• 1998: The infrared business was sold to DRS Technologies and was renamed DRS Infrared Technologies.
• 2001: DRS purchased the uncooled infrared focal plane array and sensor electronics business located in Anaheim, California from Boeing.
• 2002: Uncooled microbolometer production capability established in Dallas Texas.
• 2002: DRS acquired Nytech.
• 2004: 25-micron pitch microbolometer production capability.
• 2004: DRS Infrared Technologies launches the uncooled technology to the commercial market.