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How Your Passive/Powered Shooting Target Works

Jul 23, 2020 | Targets, Thermal Targets, Passive

How your passive/powered thermal shooting targets works and why you need one.   Contrast is a must for your thermal shooting target.  The better the contrast, the better the shooting target. In the end, the better your training.   When you look through your optic...

FLIR (Far Looking IR) and the Benefits of Thermal Film Partnership

Apr 24, 2020 | Thermal Targets, Thermal Film, Vehicle ID, Passive

FLIR Energy Depends on FLIR Camera When you hear the term infrared, what do you think of? NIR? SWIR? FLIR? Infrared or IR is all of these and more.  Operations benefiting from infrared technology will fall into one of these 3 categories: NIR, SWIR or FLIR. What you...

What is Thermal Film? Discover your trusted partner and protector

Nov 30, 2017 | Thermal Targets, Thermal Film, Vehicle ID, Passive, Infrared Technology

For Starters…What is Thermal ? The simple definition? Thermal is “something related to heat or temperature”. Perhaps, this definition will take you back to your 8th grade science class when you first learned thermal is part of the electromagnetic...

Why a Laser Cut Patch Will Make You Smile

Feb 16, 2017 | IR flag patch, Passive, Military, IR reflective film, IR patches

Has it happened to you? The “wow” experience of a IR laser cut patch? You need protection, but the drab patches you wear… well, are boring. Want a patch with some pizazz to represent you on the job? A patch that makes you feel protected and proud,...

Thermal Film has Advantages in the Day and Night

Oct 20, 2016 | Thermal Targets, Thermal Film, Police, Vehicle ID, Passive, Military

Thermal film has advantages in the day and night   The reliability of thermal film in the day or night and all weather conditions is slowly gaining momentum as the “go to” choice for IFF protection and Search and Rescue operations. Thermal films are...
Active (Battery Powered) and Passive (No Power) IR Markers

Active (Battery Powered) and Passive (No Power) IR Markers

Jul 5, 2016 | Thermal Film, Police, Passive, Military, IR reflective film

Many of our customers wrestle with the use of battery powered (active) IR markers versus non-powered (passive) IR markers. Very different benefits of each technology means this may not be an either/or decision. The following chart highlights the key differences....
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