Down-sized multi-functional EO Test Collimators

Current and future electro-optical (EO) test equipment requirements demand down-sized, multi-functional, multi-spectral, lightweight, low-cost Test Collimators. The Product Support Division of Hughes Aircraft Company has developed such collimator assemblies for field, depot, and mobile test applications. This has been achieved using diamond turned, all-metal mirrors and multi-spectral Integrated Target Assemblies. Diamond turning permits an optimized opto-mechanical design. The Hughes patented Integrated Target Assemblies are single, compact assemblies that utilize emissivity targets to combine multi-spectral test sources and detectors. This overall approach offers significant size, weight, cost, performance, and reliability/maintainability advantages over traditional methods.<>