Teledyne Technologies Inc. received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to provide focal plane arrays for the High Stare program, Teledyne announced July 24.

High Stare is a technology development program designed to improve infrared sensor capabilities for future missile warning and missile defense space system applications.

Under the five-year contract, subsidiary Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC will design and develop the large infrared arrays for the program. The contract, valued at more than $15 million, is sponsored by the Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in Dayton, Ohio, and the Space Vehicles Directorate in Albuquerque, N.M.