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Homeland Security

ICx to Unveil Optical-Zoom Thermal Imaging Camera

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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ICX Technologies [ICXT] next month plans to unveil an upgraded version of its DefendIR thermal imaging camera, the DefendIR-CZ, which the company says is the first uncooled infrared camera on the market that is also equipped with continuous-optical-zoom capability. ICx says that currently most thermal cameras offer multi-field-of-view or step zoom, which requires the camera operator to step between fields of view, causing a temporary loss of the target image. The DefendIR-CZ allows the user to change fields of view…

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