Polaris Sensor Technologies
Huntsville, Alabama sensor developer founded 2003; builds polarimetric PYXIS thermal imaging and SkyPASS GPS-denied navigation systems.
Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc. is an electro-optic sensor company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. The company describes itself as a small business that grew from an SBIR-funded team into a 30-person group of scientists and engineers, and states it has invested more than 25 million dollars in applied research and development.
Polaris builds imaging and navigation systems around polarimetry, the measurement of light polarization, applied across long-wave infrared, short-wave infrared, and visible bands to reveal scene contrast that conventional sensors miss. Named products include PYXIS, a polarimetric long-wave-infrared thermal imaging system for target detection; SkyPASS, a GPS-denied celestial navigation system combining star-field, solar, and lunar tracking with sky-polarization cues; IRIS, a facial-recognition system extending detail into darkness through cross-spectral matching; DIPOLE, a camera capturing simultaneous mid- and long-wave infrared imagery; OSCAR, an oil-spill detection system for rigs and pipelines; and AOK, an aero-optics instrument for hypersonic testing.
Customers and partners named on the company's site include the US Navy, the Naval Research Laboratory, the Coast Guard, the Missile Defense Agency, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman. Polaris operates its own optical test laboratory in Huntsville.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
PYXIS LWIR HD
Next-gen LWIR thermal camera using real-time polarimetric filtering to reveal contrast and detail invisible to standard thermal imagers.
SkyPASS Gen4
GPS-denied navigation platform fusing star-field imaging, solar/lunar tracking, and sky polarization for reliable positioning without satellites.
DIPOLE EO/IR Camera System
Dual-band MWIR/LWIR polarimetric camera for rapid target acquisition and kill-chain acceleration in cluttered environments.
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Contact Polaris Sensor Technologies
WEBSITE
https://www.polarissensor.comPHONE
+1 256-562-0087HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2003
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Manufacturer
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Primary Region
North America
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