ABB awarded contract by L3Harris Technologies for interferometer

ABB (ABBNY) has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies (LHX) to develop and build a high-resolution infrared interferometer system to power the next generation of L3Harris hyperspectral infrared sounder. The system onboard the Himawari-10 satellite built by Mitsubishi Electric in Japan, will map in 3D the earth’s atmosphere over the Asia-Pacific region for 10 years. The L3Harris sounder will be deployed at an altitude of 36 000 km in geostationary orbit, helping the Japan Meteorological Agency to improve predictions of the trajectory and intensity of extreme weather events as well as extend its long-term forecast. It will offer 30-minute revisit capability, considerably augmenting the quality and quantity of information feeding the weather prediction models over what is currently available.