Overview

Established in 1990 as a not-for-profit research organism

Legal status: Consortium

Members of the Consortium are:

• Leonardo SpA
• Selex ES
• University of L’Aquila

Facilities: Total area of about 1000 m2 – Offices; Clean room for the deposition and definition of micronic patterns; labs for Micro-structural characterizations; Electronic tests and assembly; Optical and radiometric tests.

Staff: 10 people, plus a variable number of contract researchers

Lines of Research:

• Optical Solar Reflectors and temperature variable emitters for thermal control;
• RF and anti-ESD coatings;
• InfraRed materials, devices, and sensors;
• Application-designed Microbolometer arrays;
• CBE  sensors -based on IR and Raman Spectroscopy;
• Passive InfraRed Sensors  -for collision avoidance, fire detection;

Application fields: Defence and Security; Space; Renewable Energies