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The STFC finally transferred ownership of UKIRT to the University of Hawaii at the end of October 2014. With the cessation of UK-funded operations the existing sublease for UKIRT was terminated. The facility and responsibility for the site, including the telescope, all instruments, associated equipment and software was transferred to the University of Hawaii who, as was already widely known, had negotiated an agreement with the University of Arizona and the Lockheed Martin Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Laboratories. The few remaining UKIRT staff had their existing contracts ended, but most of them remained employed after moving to new contracts under the responsibility of the new operators.
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Davies, J.K. (2016). Epilogue. In: The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23579-0_23
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