CA-261 Digital Step Framing Camera
 The
CA-261 digital step-framing camera is designed to provide photographic quality
digital images while enhancing the survivability of the tactical
reconnaissance platform at medium/high altitudes (functional up to
30,000 ft; operational up to 50,000). It is configured for external
pod or internal aircraft mounting on a wide variety of reconnaissance
platforms.
The
CA-261 camera system comprises the camera and the power
supply. The camera employs a 12 or 18-inch focal length (fl) lens fitted
with a stepping optical head to step the field of view from side to side
perpendicular to the aircraft flight direction. Active inertial
stabilization of the optical system eliminates image degradation due to
aircraft motion.
 The CA-261 incorporates ROI’s patented, graded, electronic, on-chip
forward motion compensation (FMC) technology. Experience has shown that
framing cameras provide superior coverage, capture imagery under less than
optimum lighting and weather conditions, and provide the highest
performance geometric fidelity of all imaging systems. The f/8 optics
achieve a large signal collection capability, permitting the CA-261 to
produce intelligence-quality imagery from sunrise to sunset.
The
CA-261 camera system is in-service and presently flying in the USN
Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) on the F-14, and on the RDAF Tactical Reconnaissance System (TRS) on the F-16.
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