The military mid-IR sensors work with drones to support the enormously popular flying cameras, providing sensors so every measurement needed to be made, can be made.  Mid-IR sensors are the base of the Internet of Things initiatives, they form the building blocks for all different types of imaging and controls. 
 
Worldwide military mid IR sensor markets are poised to continue to achieve significant growth as the implementation of smart phone apps. autonomous vehicles  and drones that create demand for more and more sensors.  Everything needs a sensor to be connected to the Internet and available to smart phone apps.
 
Military Mid IR sensors can measure chemical composition of materials and gas.  The efficiency is unmatched by any other technology; cost is increasingly competitive.