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The U.S. military has launched efforts to modernize its explosive ordnance disposal technologies and one of the service branches has made progress developing robotic systems in the past year, National Defense reported Friday.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Toyon Research Corp. and Flir Systems with a $750,000 contract to design and build a shortwave infrared camera system for air-based military surveillance operations. USAF said Tuesday the companies will aim to develop a high-definition camera by using focal plane array technology through the …