Development And Operating Experience On A Zinc-Sulfide Window For The Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS)

Gerald W. Driggers; Eugene D. Tidwell

doi:10.1117/12.960794

11 September 1989 Development And Operating Experience On A Zinc-Sulfide Window For The Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS)

Gerald W. Driggers, Eugene D. Tidwell

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Proceedings Volume 1112, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960794
Event: SPIE 1989 Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing, 1989, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS) was developed and deployed by the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command to gather signature data on objects reentering the earth's atmosphere. The system has subsequently gathered data on a variety of other IR emission sources of interest in the Strategic Defense community. Multiple calibrated IR imaging cameras make it possible to obtain data in two wavebands simultaneously. An airborne platform makes it possible to obtain data at high altitudes in close proximity to many targets. A large zinc sulfide window designed to provide good transmission in visible and IR wavebands has been installed in a removable hatch used in conjunction with the aircraft. Extensive experience in developing and using such a window have been gained as part of the IRIS Program. The IRIS and the window system and experience gained are described.

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Gerald W. Driggers and Eugene D. Tidwell "Development And Operating Experience On A Zinc-Sulfide Window For The Infrared Instrumentation System (IRIS)", Proc. SPIE 1112, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials, (11 September 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960794

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