New UFODAS instrumentation in development

PTZ Optical Spectrum Analysis and Optical Polarization cameras.

A 25x optical zoom camera mated with a 300 line/mm, 17.5 degree blaze grating in a waterproof assembly has been prototyped.

We will also make available a horizontal polarizer adapter which can be used in place of the grating on the same camera.

One could purchase the camera with the clear mount and separately purchase the grating or pola

Weather station, solar-powered and interfaced to the MSDAU via WiFi.

Measures and sends temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed and wind direction.

Data sent to the Mission Control software along with other sensor data.

RFDAU -- An ultra-wide bandwidth RF Spectrum Analyzer.

Approximately 1MHz to 6GHz.

Sends real-time spectra to Mission Control as the MSDAU does.

Also -- Add aircraft transponder ADS-B reception to both the MSDAU and RFDAU. Will allow Mission Control to display local aircraft information to distinguish it from anomalous events.

Ongoing development

Work continues toward support of the following additional capabilities

Additional methods to eliminate false alarms such as birds, insects and aircraft including the use of deep learning methods

MSDAU interface for acoustic sensors

MSDAU interface for radar data

Real-time track correlation with data from flightrader24.com or directly from an ADS-B radio in the MSDAU to distinguish unknowns from aircraft in addition to existing features of Mission Control software to access this data in real-time from the Internet

Use of an optical gradient filter to determine target spectrum, as shown above

Use of a horizontal polarizing filter to show otherwise hidden effects

Differential magnetometry to determine target magnetic field strength and direction

Support for pan-tilt-zoom heads that provide mounts for various cameras or other sensors

Support for other types of cameras such as those operating in the Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) portion of the spectrum. Any camera with a USB interface is currently supported.

Support for DSLR camera shutter control

New UFODAS instrumentation in development

Optical spectrum analyzer test results

Ongoing development

Work continues toward support of the following additional capabilities