FLIR Systems has received a $6.8 million order to manufacture pocket-sized unmanned aerial vehicles in support of the Australian army’s surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The military branch ordered Flir’s Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems for full operational deployment at the platoon and troop levels, FLIR said Tuesday. The company previously supplied Black Hornet PRS to the Australian army […] More

FLIR Systems has secured a potential $50 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to supply marine electronic systems to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Command, Control and Communications Engineering Center. The company said Wednesday the Scalable Integrated Navigation Systems 2 contract covers the delivery of electronic systems such as Raymarine multifunction navigation displays, autopilots, radars, remote instrument displays and sonars […] More

FLIR Systems has received a $19.5 million production order to build additional mobile surveillance systems for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The order covers a 12-month option period and the second under a five-year contract FLIR holds with CBP, the company said Tuesday. FLIR will manufacture the mobile surveillance systems at its Elkridge, Maryland-based facility. “We are pleased to provide these […] More

A Teledyne Technologies business will deliver recoverable and reusable loitering munition drone platforms to the U.S. Marine Corps under a potential $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday Teledyne FLIR Defense will support USMC's Organic Precision Fires-Light program, under which the contractor will provide the first 127 loitering munition systems for test and evaluation.

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An RTX business has booked a $154 million U.S. Army contract to provide Commander’s Independent Viewer systems. Raytheon’s delivery of these electro-optical/infrared sight systems is intended to elevate the service branch’s Bradley Fighting Vehicles, RTX announced from McKinney, Texas on Wednesday. “The CIV is a package of multiple systems all working together to increase the survivability and battlefield […] More

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 […] More

RTX has received  a $117.5 million U.S. Army award for the low-rate initial production of advanced targeting sensor systems. Under the contract, RTX will provide 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-kit sensors for use in multiple Army combat platforms, RTX announced from McKinney, Texas on Wednesday. “This technology supports the U.S. Army’s modernization effort to ensure the […] More

Teledyne FLIR has completed the 1,000th delivery of a company-built unmanned ground vehicle under the U.S. Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II contract. The Army and three other service branches have collectively ordered more than $250 million in Centaur robots since the contract was awarded in 2017, Teledyne FLIR said Wednesday. Military customers procured […] More

Teledyne FLIR‘s defense business has landed a $48.7 million award to supply infrared sensors and surveillance imaging systems to the U.S. Coast Guard for use on its vessels. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover Maritime Forward Looking Infrared II sensors and SeaFLIR 280-HD variants that will be installed into Coast Guard Cutters for law enforcement […] More

Teledyne FLIR’s unmanned ground systems division has received a $62.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide robotic systems that assist in locating and discarding unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. The Department of Defense said Wednesday work on the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program will approximately run through Oct. 2, 2023. The […] More

Teledyne FLIR‘s unmanned ground systems division will provide technical support to the U.S. Army’s robotic payloads under a $78.6 million contract. The Department of Defense said Tuesday work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract runs through May 21, 2027. Separately, Teledyne Flir announced a $14 million order from the Army to supply soldiers with updated nano unmanned […] More

A Teledyne Technologies business has introduced a payload designed to provide small unmanned aerial systems with laser-based target management capability. The StormCaster-DX laser target designator payload is built for the FLIR R80D SkyRaider UAS platform and uses a Laser Spot Tracker for target area management, enabling a capability previously available only on larger drones or […] More