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Elbit America Provided Mars Rover Camera Tech, Planning Next Generation Work

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

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Elbit America Provided Mars Rover Camera Tech, Planning Next Generation Work

An illustration showing where the Elbit Systems of America image intensifier lies within the SuperCam on the Mars 2020 perseverance rover, with a pen for scale. (Graphic: Elbit Systems of America)

The NASA Perseverance Mars rover is using a device produced by Elbit Systems of America to intensify images similar to night vision technology and the company is working to further advance the technology, an executive said. At the top of the rover’s mast is the SuperCam developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. It has five remote techniques meant to study the geology of Mars and help collect samples. SuperCam instruments include an infrared laser beam to remove…

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