Tech Valley Sensor, Inc.

Tech Valley Sensor, Inc. is a Troy, New York-based defense R&D company specializing in advanced optical measurement systems for military testing environments. The company developed CARDIMS (Coded-Aperture Rain Drop Imaging Measurement System), an innovative imaging system that precisely measures individual raindrop size, velocity, shape, and distribution in outdoor simulated rain environments used to test aircraft and missile components. CARDIMS received DoD/Air Force SBIR Phase I and Phase II funding totaling approximately $900K, with the Phase II contract awarded by Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) and funded by the Space Force. The system addresses a critical gap in high-speed weapons system testing by providing unbiased, sub-10% error measurements across raindrop diameters from 0.05 to 6.0mm.