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Teledyne FLIR Unit Books $94M Army Nanodrone Supply Contract

Teledyne FLIR Unit Books $94M Army Nanodrone Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event

A Teledyne FLIR business will provide nano-unmanned aerial systems, control equipment and spare parts to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $93.9 million contract.

The service branch is procuring 33-gram Black Hornet 3 drones with training services from Teledyne FLIR Defense through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company said Monday.

Black Hornet 3 is a personal reconnaissance system designed to fly up to 25 minutes and transmit still image and live video files to the nanodrone operator.

FLIR Systems, which Teledyne Technologies acquired in 2021, developed the miniaturized UAS and received a $2.6 million order in 2018 as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor procurement effort.

The Army has ordered Black Hornet 3 units worth more than $125 million over the past five years to augment soldiers’ situational awareness platforms.

To date, FLIR Defense has supplied more than 20,000 systems to defense and security forces worldwide.

Teledyne FLIR Unit Books $94M Army Nanodrone Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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