Block MEMS, a developer of quantum cascade laser-based infrared detection systems, has won a $9.8 million contract with the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop a ...
Pictured, right: Block's LaserWarn is an open-path chemical detection system that identifies chemical threats in seconds. Southborough, MA, USA – Smiths Detection Inc. alongside Block MEMS, LLC (Block ...
Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 17 that it had conducted the first flight test of a new distributed infrared threat warning ...
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Block Engineering, LLC announced today that its PORTHOS (TM) automated chemical detection system has been deployed with the Japan Disaster Management Agency at ...
The findings, detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on October 20, 2025, by a team led by University of Maryland and ...
Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...
A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...