I heard the reason USA-made-and-designed thermal cameras suck is arms export regulations. They are considered military equipment unless they stick to certain limits. I guess China has no such rules, so the USA throws yet another manufacturing sector in the trash once again.
FLIR is owned by Raytheon. They are very much not in the trash and make very good imagers. You just can't buy them.
Teledyne, not Raytheon
I looked up the history and you are completely correct. In my defense Raymarine was part of Raytheon long ago, and then a bunch of spinoffs and acquisitions happened.
It’s really just the framerate restriction to 9hz that the Chinese imagers don’t suffer ftom
Bodes well for our semiconductor and AI industry now that we're limiting exports to China...