Solid State Scientific Corporation specializes in sensors for the
detection and classification of the rapid combustion events often found
on the modern battlefield. SSSC's sensors are effective against bombs,
rockets, missiles, artillery, mortars, and small arms. They can be used
for event classification and to quantify the event charge.

The spectral-temporal sensors function by spectrally characterizing the
emission from the combustion intrinsic to the event. The resulting signatures are 2-dimensional representation of the event spectrum in time.

  
 
A Spectral-Temporal Signature is the stack of time-evolving spectra. Each row is corresponds to the spectrum at an instant in time, while each column is the temporal evolution of a spectral sub-band.
 
  SSSC sensors span the visible and infrared bands. SSSC has developed
both wide-band sensors intended for exploratory discovery of event
phenomenology, as well as highly tuned sensors for specific applications.

The temporal sampling for all SSSC sensors is simultaneous both spectrally and spatially across the field of view. The sampling rates are typically greater than 400Hz, which enables thorough characterization of even the briefest events.

  
     
  Event Classification  
  When interfaced to the SSSC event classifier, the spectral-temporal sensors can autonomously monitor the field for unexpected activity and alert the user to incoming threats.  
 
     
  Event Classification is accomplished by comparing the measured signature
to a signature library.