
The Army has tapped California-based Photo-Sonics with a $15 million deal to design optical tracking system prototypes needed to improve soldier training against portable missile threats, Under the deal, awarded May 22 and announced Wednesday, Photo-Sonics will work with the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), an Army partner program, to build new systems for identifying threats from shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and track vehicle-mounted missiles.“Shoulder-fired missiles with infrared seekers are the greatest threat faced by slow-moving Army helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft,”…