Raytheon Electronic Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being issued a $47,000,000 firm-fixed-price order for 517 components of the Advanced Tactical Forward Looking Infrared Radar in support of F/A-18E/F aircraft.

These components include the signal processor, digital imaging processor and receiver. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured.

The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
這系統是ATFLIR，最後的IR應該是InfraRed，而不是Infrared Radar 。目前Ratheon的網站仍然是InfraRed，所以不清楚這是美國國防部打錯呢，還是認為新一代的紅外線莢艙能力增強已經到了該改名的地步。

最近流行網路，這一類的東西好像也跟著特別流行。Firescout也是類似概念下的產物。