Yes is the answer to the question, as it was asked.

Your "problem" (not your question) is: "How can I see LWIR (~ 7-14µm) utilizing a Technology that in the Future would permit "the same economies of scale were applied as are already used for conventional CMOS sensors."

[This image](http://www.ir-nova.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/T2SL-photo.jpg) was produced using an uncooled ("hot") T2SL MWIR Detector.

Instead of confining your choice to microbolometers you need to look at [QWIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_well_infrared_photodetector), [Type-II Strained Lattice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superlattice#Production) ([T2SL](http://www.iup.edu/physics/research/theoretical-research/type-ii-strained-layer-superlattice-based-infrared-detectors/)), or even Cooled LWIR all of which are more 'similar' to CMOS than a microbolometer; and thus have a better future potential for scaling (assuming enough interest in seeing LWIR).