Draft EA Projects Hood Tech Visions UAV Imagers will be in Hawaii in Early 2 !

" Hood Tech Vision imagers will redeploy from California with nine RQ21-A systems to Hawaii, likely in early 2 1!, according to a draft en"ironmental assessment# Hood #i$er% &#% United 'tates% (an)ary !*% 2 !+ ,, Hood Tech Vision imagers will redeploy from California with nine RQ21-A systems to Hawaii, likely in early 2 1!, according to a draft en"ironmental assessment# -rom$ Hood Tech Corp Vision, %nc#, Hood Ri"er, &regon Date$ 'an(ary 1), 2 1) ')bject$ *raft +A ,ro-ects Hood Tech Vision.s /AV %magers 0ill 1e in Hawaii in +arly 2 1! .ontact$ *r# Andy "on 2lotow, Hood Tech Corp Vision, %nc#, !)1-345-2244, andy6hoodtech#com According to the 7mall /nmanned Aircraft 7ystem 8ews 9http$::www#s(asnews#com:2 1): 1:2;4! :proposed-relocation-of-(s-na"y-drone-s<(adron-tohawai=CA=>>i:?(tm@so(rceAs/A7B8ewsB*ailyC(tm@campaignAD15D1c5D33R77@+EA%F@CAE,A%G8C(tm@medi(mAemailC(tm@termA @13c 55;dde-D15D1c5D333 3;;)153H, a *raft +n"ironmental Assessment 9+AH pro-ects that Hood Tech Vision.s /AV imagers will 1e redeployed with the RQ-21A in early 2 1!# The draft +A pro-ects nine systems of fi"e aircraft each# %magers for the RQ-21A incl(de 1oth electro-optical and infrared imagers, laser range finders, and f(lly gim1aled mo(nts# 0hen Hood Tech 1egan prod(cing 4 -gm "ideo-camera t(rrets in 1DD4, it ena1led an entirely new class of small (nmanned aerial "ehicles 9/AVsH# Hood Technology Vision now designs and man(fact(res imaging and "ideo processing systems at the highest le"el of the 8ational %magery %nterpreta1ility Rating 7cale 98%%R7H$ le"el D# Hood Tech matches impro"ed sta1iliIation technology with electro-optical lenses that Ioom (p to 15 times# This res(lts in a field of "iew of #3 degrees, in a package that weighs less than siJ kg# *esigned for manned and (nmanned aerial "ehicles 9/AVsH, 1oats, land "ehicles, and stationary mo(nts, the relia1ility and (tility of Hood Tech.s daylight and thermal imaging prod(cts has 1een demonstrated o"er more than 5 , ho(rs of (se in a "ariety of temperat(res, h(midity, d(st, smoke, haIe, and other en"ironmental factors 9http$::www#hoodtech"ision#comH# *r# Andy "on 2lotow fo(nded Hood Technology in Hood Ri"er, &regon in 1DD2# Along with the design and man(fact(re of sta1iliIed imaging systems, Hood Tech$ *e"elops, tests, and man(fact(res la(nch and retrie"al systems for /AVs &perates controlled la(nch and <(iet wind t(nnel test facilities Eonitors 1lade "i1rations in ind(strial t(r1ines and -et engines, incl(ding diagnostic methods that predict possi1le f(t(re fail(res#

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