JSF Sensor Hardening
Abstract
Current F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) and Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EODAS) focal plane arrays (FPAs) are vulnerable to jamming and damage from enemy lasers. In addition, these FPAs are suffering manufacturing yield and cost issues. This effort will leverage prior and concurrent DoD investments to make manufacturing improvements that incorporate laser protection technology into the FPA’s Read-Out Integrated Circuits (ROICs) while concurrently reducing ROIC defects and cost, and increasing size and yield. Program Outputs: This project will increase the maturity of laser-hardened ROICs to TRL 6 and will demonstrate the capability to produce a prototype in a production environment. The goal is to transition laser-hardened FPAs in time for the F-35Block 5 Upgrade. Although focused on applications for JSF, these technologies are applicable to any Medium Wavelength Infrared detector, including those on tactical and reconnaissance sensor systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- d1d5fd0845dd55f088505d3ae8d75e0c