I know it's one field they got into heavily when considering the heat output of the Abrams turbine and air cleaner system [source of multiple vehicle fires that have killed a couple of dozen crewmen over the years] particularly in relation to hiding from thermal viewers and other camouflage considerations. One contractor [to the tune of 3/4 million$$$] was ThermoAnalytics, details *here*.
And I note that reference in the story to the vehicle's fixed fire extinguishers going off....
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