Ball to help develop IRREL improvements
Ball Aerospace is to assist USAF efforts to improve its Infrared Radiation Effects Laboratory (IRREL), under a $7.68 million contract announced by the DoD on 9 July.
The objective of this effort is to develop innovative techniques for radiometric and radiation characterisations of IR and visible focal plane arrays and associated devices, the DoD stated.
Ball will help the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop new techniques, test hardware and operational and test procedures.
Work will be performed in Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for completion by October 2025.
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