USAF Pleased With Performance Of Hosted IR Payload

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force says it is delighted at the quality of initial imagery from the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (Chirp), the service’s first wide-field-of-view infrared staring payload in space. Early success for Chirp, which was lofted on an Ariane 5 from Kourou, French Guiana...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.