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Friday, August 30, 2013

Navy chooses multi-sensor electro-optical targeting pods from FLIR for copters and UAVs

MQ-8B Fire ScoutU.S. Navy avionics experts needed multi-sensor electro-optical targeting systems for the UH-1 manned helicopter, the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, and other unmanned vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore. Officials of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind., awarded a $136.6 million contract to FLIR this week for BRITE Star Block II multi-sensor targeting imager for the manned and unmanned helicopters.

The contract includes BRITE Star I upgrades, cables, and maintenance.

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