'Flying High'
Thermoteknix in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) World Record

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The Thermoteknix miniature MIRICLE infrared camera was chosen by Qinetiq as the IR camera aboard its Zephyr High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAV which recently broke the world record for the longest duration unmanned flight. Zephyr took off from the US Military’s White Sands Missile range and flew non-stop for 54 hours to a maximum altitude of 58,355 feet which by far exceeds the existing record of 30 hours set by Northrop Grumman in 2001.

MIRICLE 110K Thermal Imager

Zephyr carries a specially modified ultra low weight Thermoteknix MIRICLE 110K, miniature, high performance 384 x 288 resolution thermal imaging camera and footage from this Thermoteknix camera during the record breaking flight can be viewed at www.thermoteknix.com/someurlorother

The Zephyr Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s has a wingspan of 18 metres but weighs just 30kg. Qinetiq chose MIRICLE for its combination of high resolution, small size, ultra light weight and low power consumption. By day Zephyr flies on solar power generated by amorphous silicon arrays no thicker than sheets of paper that cover the aircraft’s wings and by night relies on rechargeable Lithium-Sulphur batteries which are recharged during the day using solar power.

MIRICLE thermal imaging cameras are available in a wide range of configurations including 384 x 288, 640 x 480 modules, both as infrared camera cores for OEM’s or fully built camera systems and include the world’s first shutterless Amorphous Silicon IR camera – the MIRICLE 110K XTi with ‘Always On – Never Blind’ Technology.

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7th August 2009 13:09 GMT