Lockheed Martin's original SBIRS contract includes HEO payloads, two geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellites, as well as ground-based assets to receive and process the infrared data.

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The device consists of a camera, infrared laser to measure distance and a microchip that interprets the data to track people in 3D.

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The Coca-Cola Co. is collecting data directly from smart vending machines via cellular phones or infrared signals.

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It is equipped with advanced electronic, electro-optic, infrared and laser system technologies, as well as secure radio systems with data links and munitions capacity for 130 different types of weapons configurations.

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With its far-infrared detectors, Herschel has been able to re-visit familiar objects to provide new data.

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