Bodkin Design & Engineering was awarded a $1.6 million SBIR contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command for the R&D of a longwave-infrared instrument. The developed device, the Spectral-Polarimetric Imager, detects the spectral-polarization patterns that spot disturbed earth, indicating the presence of landmines and buried explosives. Additional applications for this instrument include defeating camouflage and detecting toxic chemicals.