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Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)

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Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)
Spectral Sciences, Inc. (SSI) is pleased to announce it was awarded a contract/s for the Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151B. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas that allows for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility. ...

NASA Awards Funding to Spectral Sciences and Sceye to Advance Climate Monitoring and Sustainable Resource Management from the Stratosphere

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NASA Awards Funding to Spectral Sciences and Sceye to Advance Climate Monitoring and Sustainable Resource Management from the Stratosphere
The first of its kind system will give NASA, scientists, and emergency responders unprecedented real-time data to detect and respond to wildfires, methane leaks, vegetation changes, volcanic plume events, and extreme weather. New Mexico, Nov. 6, 2025 – Spectral Sciences, Inc., a remote sensing innovator, and Sceye, a U.S. aerospace company specializing in High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) for telecommunications and environmental monitoring, today...

Dr. Steven Adler-Golden, 1953-2022

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Dr. Steven Adler-Golden, 1953-2022
It is with great sadness that SSI announces the passing of our dear friend and colleague Steve Adler-Golden. Steve retired from SSI in September 2021 after 40 years of scientific leadership. Steve was the first employee hired by the company founders back in 1982.  His work at SSI has encompassed almost every aspect of the company over the years.  He co-authored nine patents for a variety of spectroscopic instruments and algorithms.  He provided mentorship...

New President

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New President
Bridget Tannian became SSI’s third President on January 4, 2022. Bridget joined the company in 2014  and has been Group Leader for Electro-Optical Imaging and Sensing since 2017. Before coming to SSI, she worked in industry for companies developing algorithms for commercial XRF instruments. Bridget’s vision for the company is to preserve SSI’s collaborative culture and encourage transparency and communication. ...

End of an Era

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End of an Era
Robert Sundberg stepped down as President of SSI at the end of December 2021. He remains at SSI as a President Emeritus, Principal Scientist III, and Group Leader for the newly formed Remote Sensing Modeling and Simulation Group. Rob took over as President of SSI from Fritz Bien in December 2011. He has successfully steered SSI through some of our best and most difficult times. He oversaw the transition to 100% ESOP ownership and S-Corporation status. He served...

Steve Richtsmeier Retires

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Steve Richtsmeier Retires
In July 2021, Steve Richtsmeier retired from SSI after 37 years.  Steve was a respected scientist at SSI who worked on both development of optical instrumentation and modeling and simulation for remote sensing applications. His signature achievement is MCScene software, the 3-D radiation transport simulation product that produces hyperspectral imagery  of earth as observed through a variety of atmospheric conditions.  MCScene is used by NASA, DOD, and...

Pajo Vujkovic-Cvijin Retires

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After 16 years of significant contribution to the company, Pajo Vujkovic-Cvijin retired on November 1, 2020. Pajo brought the Dispersive Transform Spectroscopy (DTS) concept to SSI and with Neil Goldstein, used it to advance SSI’s spectral sensor development program in hyperspectral imaging, eventually expanding into hypertemporal imaging, resulting in over $5M in contract funding. His work culminated with development of the compact CONDOR hyperspectral/hypertemporal...

Larry Bernstein Retires

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Larry Bernstein Retires
Larry Bernstein, one of the original five scientists (along with Fritz Bien, Mike Gersh, Dave Robertson, and Jim Elgin), who founded SSI in January of 1981, has retired. He was the last of the 5 still working at SSI! Larry has been a significant influence, mentor, friend and co-worker for over 38 years. Larry was celebrated Hawaiian style on October 29, 2019. He will continue to support SSI as a consultant. ...

SSI Wins 2019 TechConnect Innovation Award

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SSI Wins 2019 TechConnect Innovation Award
We are proud to announce our selection as a 2019 TechConnect National Innovation Awardee. Our technology was featured at the 2019 TechConnect World Conference June 17-19, in Boston, MA, US. The annual TechConnect Innovation Awards select leading early-stage innovations from around the world through an industry-review process of the top 15% of annually submitted technologies into the TechConnect World Conference. Rankings are based on the potential positive...

Download free synthetic hyperspectral imagery generated by MCScene, SSI’s scene simulation tool

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Download free synthetic hyperspectral imagery generated by MCScene, SSI’s scene simulation tool
MCScene synthetic scene data can be a valuable resource for development of retrieval algorithms. Not only is “ground truth” known, because it is built into the simulations, but “atmosphere truth” is known as well. If you are interested in assessing the utility of MCScene simulations, we have assembled a small collection of hyperspectral and multispectral data sets that are available for download from the MCScene page. All data sets include not only...