The Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) mission area is supported by organizations within the Department of Defense (DOD) and intelligence community (IC) to ensure that missile threats are detected and reported to decision makers. The current Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and legacy Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites support the OPIR mission in four areas: missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace awareness. Over the past several years, DOD, through the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), has conducted research and development efforts to improve technologies to better address the OPIR mission area. Until recently, for example, the Air Force's Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) demonstration sensor, employing wide field-of-view staring technology, collected OPIR data and provided insight into the applicability of this technology for the OPIR mission area.


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    Title :

    Space Acquisitions: Assessment of Overhead Persistent Infrared Technology Report


    Contributors:
    C. Chaplain (author) / A. Gallegos (author) / M. Cherveny (author) / B. Guarneros (author) / K. Patton (author) / J. Tallon (author)

    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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