Immediate Response Technologies, Inc. Awarded a GSA Contract Worth $265K


Immediate Response Technologies, Inc. was recently awarded a GSA contract worth $265K for various Modular Thermal Signature Targets to be supplied to the U.S. Army in Ft. Bliss, TX for their Live Fire Gunnery Ranges.

IRT currently manufactures thirteen (13) standard shapes and sizes including squares, trapezoids, rectangles, circles, and shapes representing personnel. Each module represents a particular thermal cue and is delivered as a finished, independent, thermal signature target, ready for immediate use. The modules are detectable in a variety of adverse weather conditions, i.e., wind, rain, sleet, snow, and fog. This application is used for Live Fire Gunnery Ranges.

The target modules are available in various resistances and operable at various voltages. The most common voltages are the Standard Voltage (115 VAC) and the Low Voltage (12/24 VDC). The 115 VAC version is capable of producing a surface temperature greater than 25º F above ambient (-10º F to +110º F).

The modular concept permits the thermal signature of a variety of threat or friendly, targets to be easily replicated. These module dimensions correspond directly to those referenced in the U.S. Army TC 25-8, B28 thru B44. In less than (15) seconds after electrical power is applied, the module is emitting an infrared (IR) signature, which is easily detected and discernable from the background at ranges of up to 4,000 meters.

Since the conductivity of the module is continuous and void of any wire between the bus bars, holes can be placed anywhere in the module; i.e. penetration from live fire ammunition ranging from small arms to main gun rounds from military armored vehicles (up to 120mm). Electrical current simply flows around the hole and the module continues to emit an IR signature. Critical modules such as Hulls and Turrets are redundantly wired; auto-splice leads are connected to the bus bars at both ends of the module. Therefore, even if a round severs one of the bus bars, these modules will continue to operate.

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