Ophir is announcing a very high performance, intermediate range 20X continuous zoom MWIR lens for mobile, airborne or fixed-site surveillance applications. The lens is a 15-300mm focal length, f/4.0 motorized unit that will deliver a man-sized target detection range (at 50% probability) in the NFOV of up to 5.5km using a 15u pixel format detector. The lens can be optimized to accept a 640 X 512, 20u format (44.9° – 2.4°), or a 640 X 512, 15u (35.1° – 1.8°) format as well. Lens control is managed by an electronic control card with RS422 interface to allow any number of discrete FOV positions, or continuous zoom performance.