Dallas, TX

Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems

Infrared Sensors & Systems Center of Excellence

Dallas, Texas facility

The Leonardo DRS Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems business unit in Dallas, Texas designs and produces infrared sensors and sub-systems that support aviation, ground vehicle, soldier and commercial markets.

These sensors include both Vanadium Oxide (VOx) based uncooled bolometers and Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) based cooled photon detectors.

Core sensor competencies beyond these Focal Plane Arrays (FPA) include long-life cryogenic coolers, vacuum Dewars as well as Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) and electronics design.

Leonardo DRS’ staff in Dallas includes some of the pioneers of infrared imaging that began in the 1960’s as part of Texas Instruments’ Defense Systems and Electronics Group (DSEG). Our foundation in military electro-optic solutions include 1st Generation (1st Gen) Common Module, 2nd Gen and now 3rd Gen Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) nodes as well as the various generations of thermal weapons sights, night vision googles and Driver’s Vision Enhancers. Leonardo DRS has also expanded into the commercial/industrial market with products that support the thermography, preventative maintenance, medical and surveillance markets.

The Dallas site includes approximately 197,000 ft2 of fully facilitized space across four buildings.  This vertically integrated facility supports FPA material growth and fabrication, Integrated Dewar/Cooler Assembly and Integration, Engineering, Management, Manufacturing and Support Functions.

Leonardo DRS in Dallas is in the unique position of having the services of two separate FPA manufacturing facilities. The first is a low-volume manufacturing facility (known as Focal Plane Array Development, or FPAD) and the second is a large-volume wafer manufacturing facility (known as Focal Plane Array Manufacturing, or FPAM). It consists of a Class 100 clean room and supports a demonstrated yielded production output of more than 300 cooled sensors and 10,000 uncooled detector units/month. Combined they represent 16,000 ftof Class 100 clean rooms.

Leonardo DRS in Dallas also maintains 7,000 ftof Class 100 and 20,000 ftof Class 100K clean rooms for the assembly and integration of cooled vacuum Dewars, cryogenic Coolers, and uncooled packages.  Additionally, Leonardo DRS has two light manufacturing areas supporting various uncooled modules.

The Dallas, Texas facility is a major supplier of 2nd and 3rd generation mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) focal plane arrays, uncooled microbolometer products, cryogenic coolers, integrated Dewar assemblies for tactical applications and several higher level sub-system assemblies such as threat warning and targeting sensors. Leonardo DRS Dallas has as a broad customer base of U.S. Government and DoD prime contracts in research, development, production and sustaining phases of maturity.

Leonardo DRS is truly at the forefront of IR detectors providing the smallest most sensitive detector assemblies for uncooled and cooled applications in the world; these assemblies are the heart of EO systems.

Technologies at This Location

Advanced multi-sensor targeting system provides the ability to carry out necessary recon on targets, acquire specific …

The SUAS Tactical Agile Gimbal (STAG) family is a line of best-in-class stabilized systems for the Common Launch Tube, …

The Family of Weapons Sights provides thermal capabilities for multiple weapons systems. This Family of Weapon Sights …

Combines rugged, lightweight, modular construction with superior thermal imaging technology to give today’s …

This mission-critical receiver integrates within the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight as well as the …

The DVE-A improves situational awareness in visually degraded conditions, provides critical force protection, continued …

The DVE UL is the perfect sensor for providing combat support and service vehicle operators with increased driver’s …

The DVE UW combines industry leading 640 x 480, 17 μm pixel pitch technology with Leonardo DRS’ patented advanced …

Leonardo DRS’ DVE Wide provides vehicle operators an expanded field of view (FOV) over the existing system. The New …

IBAS block2

The new Improved Bradley Acquisition System (IBAS) Block 2 includes enhanced capabilities to improve operational …

Driver's Vision Enhancer Display Control Module

Lightweight and vehicle-mounted, the DVE DCM couples with Driver’s Vision Enhancement to provide first-class …

The Phalanx weapons system has a duty: to detect and engage with threats automatically. PTI provides the infrared imaging …

HexaBlu® camera modules employ a revolutionary 6 µm pixel pitch HgCdTe detector technology that leverages DRS’ …

With Leonardo DRS’ patented microbolometer superstructure, Tamarisk® camera modules provide greater sensitivity and …

Contact

Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems

13532 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75243
+1 972 560 6005