Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (IMAGE)

Office of Naval Research

Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker

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The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker, a weapon prototype developed by the Office of Naval Research, a suite of low-cost technologies that modify existing helicopter-borne rockets into precision-guided weapons. By adding an infrared imaging guidance section to 2.75-inch Hydra-70 rockets, the researchers are providing naval aviators with a new lethal capability.

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