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Raytheon Introduces Large Focal Plane Array; Promises Better, Lower Cost Sensors

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday unveiled a new focal plane array that it says is four times larger that infrared detectors currently in production and will provide major advances in space-based sensing while making it easier and less costly to design and build such sensors. The new "4K-by-4K" light-wave detector has two key features, a wide dynamic range and high frame rate, that provides sensors, and potential customers, with "game changing" applications, Doug Marimon, senior program manager with Raytheon's…

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