High Stare Program Achieves Preliminary Design Review Milestone Published May 8, 2008 By Eva Blaylock, AFRL/RVOT Space Vehicles Directorate KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- High Stare is an AFRL program aimed at creating the larger infrared sensors that future missile warning systems will require. Accordingly, the 5-year effort is specifically focused on developing high-performance, large-format, shortwave-infrared focal plane arrays. Industry partners Teledyne Imaging Sensors and BAE Systems, each of which holds a contract with AFRL for completing specific technology development activities, successfully met the program's important Preliminary Design Review milestone. The advanced design associated with High Stare systems is intended to reduce the complexity, weight, power, and--ultimately--cost of tomorrow's missile warning satellites.