Avionics are always way behind consumer electronics due to safety and reliability certification requirements, as well as tiny production volumes. How well would your cell phone hold up to thousands of hours of intense vibrations, freezing temperatures, hard shocks, and hydraulic fluid leaks?

I think that video is from 2004, or at least the article makes mention of that, although the caption doesn’t date it.

>I also wonder why resolution mist always be this low

"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. " -Mitch Hedberg

It’s from a moving fighter jet at night at a significant distance.

Not saying it’s ET, but that seems like a bit unreasonable beef.

I don't think you grasp the distances and relative velocities involved here. Your phone would capture a speck, if anything at all.

Because it's a FLIR (thermal) camera, which is a technology that has practically nothing in common with your phone's camera. You're comparing apples to oranges.