Infrared Sensors Help the Army Guard Against the Coronavirus

Image: Staff Sgt. Kaylee Dubois / US Air Force. Article by Erin Cunningham.

A piece of military warfighting equipment generally used in the field is being put to work in a different context: to keep U.S. Army bases safe from COVID-19.

The Army is adapting its infrared sensor technology, routinely used to locate targets on the battlefield, to help stop the spread of the novel ­coronavirus. Modified Microsoft HoloLens technology is helping detect elevated temperatures at Fort Benning, Ga., which has a population of about 120,000. […]

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