FLIR Systems has booked over $23M in awards to update U.S. Customs and Border Protection's inventory of air and ground surveillance technologies needed to support the Mobile Surveillance Capability initiative and another situational awareness-focused program.
Read More »Teledyne Business Launches Two GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors for Military, Space Applications
A Teledyne Technologies business has unveiled two new ruggedized gallium nitride, high electron mobility transistors designed for high-reliability space, avionics and military applications. The 30-amp TDG650E30B and 15-amp TDG650E15B GaN HEMTs are the latest additions to Teledyne e2v HiRel’s family of 650-volt products based on GaN Systems’ technology.
Read More »Army Issues RFP for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Design Phase
The U.S. Army has released a request for proposals for the concept design phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program aimed at deploying a replacement to the service branch’s Bradley infantry vehicles.
Read More »FLIR Gets Military Orders for 250 Centaur Explosive Disposal Robots
FLIR Systems has received $32M in orders to provide the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force with robotic systems designed to assist in explosive ordnance disposal. The company said Monday it will provide over 250 Centaur UGVs under the Army's Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program.
Read More »Companies Work on AI-Based Sensors, Weapons for Use in Image Processing, Target Identification
Defense contractors are working on artificial intelligence-powered sensors and other partially autonomous machines that could help the U.S. Army process images and identify targets, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
Read More »Army, Navy Order FLIR-Built Robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FLIR Systems has received two contracts worth $23.5M combined from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to supply more than 160 medium robotic systems intended for military explosive ordnance disposal missions. The two branches ordered Centaur unmanned ground vehicles along with accessories and spares.
Read More »FLIR-STS Team Installs Skin Temperature Screening Platform at Pentagon Visitor Center
FLIR Systems and STS International have helped the Department of Defense implement a thermal imaging camera-equipped system to screen people entering the Pentagon Visitors Center for elevated skin temperature as part of COVID-19 prevention measures.
Read More »Zvi Peled to Take COO, Chief Revenue Officer Posts at Nano Dimension
Zvi Peled, former vice president for sales at Flir Systems’ security business, is slated to assume the roles of chief operating officer and chief revenue officer at Nano Dimension on May 1.
Read More »Paula Cooney Joins Flir as Chief HR Officer
Paula Cooney, a former human resource executive at Intel, has joined Flir Systems to serve as chief HR officer and senior vice president.
Read More »FLIR Unveils Latest Version of ‘Fido’ Explosives Detector
FLIR Systems has updated its handheld sensor-based detection tool built to analyze military, improvised, homemade and commercial explosives, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.
Read More »FLIR Systems to Help Update Army Recon Vehicle Sensor Suite
FLIR Systems received a potential three-year, $48.1M contract from the Department of Defense to support the modernization of sensor technology on the U.S. Army's nuclear biological chemical reconnaissance vehicle.
Read More »FLIR Systems to Open HQ Location in Virginia; Jim Cannon Quoted
FLIR Systems is set to open a location in Arlington, Va., that will serve as the company’s new headquarters and support the delivery of its offerings to government customers and east coast industry partners.
Read More »Army Orders FLIR Systems-Made CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance Kits
The U.S. Army has awarded FLIR Systems a $27.9M delivery order to supply 24 sets of equipment deisgned to to help military personnel identify potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
Read More »FLIR Receives Army Nano UAV Order
FLIR Systems has received a $39.6M order to provide nano-unmanned aerial vehicle systems for the U.S. Army's surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Read More »FLIR to Produce Electro-Optical Sensors for USAF’s Future MH-139 Helicopter Fleet
Boeing has awarded FLIR Systems a $40M initial contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared surveillance sensor technology to the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N helicopter replacement program. FLIR said Wednesday it will supply the Star SAFIRE 380-HDc EO/IR system for integration onto the first four MH-139 helicopters that a Boeing-Leonardo team will build for the military service. MH-139 is based on Leonardo’s AW139 platform …
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