FLIR Systems and L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation successfully demonstrate Level 3 command and control of sensor on ARCTURUS UAV test flight
PORTLAND, OR, August 17, 2011 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the successful integration of the COBALT™190 multi-spectral imaging sensor with ARCTURUS UAV T-20, and L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporations’ VideoScout.
The COBALT 190, a compact, lightweight EO/IR system with up to seven simultaneous payloads, was developed for unmanned applications in FLIR’s facility in North Billerica, Massachusetts. L-3’s VideoScout product line is a computer-based full-motion video and intelligence management and collection system currently supporting troops in-theater.
“FLIR, L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp., and ARCTURUS UAV, has proven a complete end-to-end ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) solution,” says Darrell Kindley, general manager of Boston Operations, FLIR Government Systems. “This successful flight testing demonstrates Level 3 command and control of the COBALT 190 from the ground.”
The test flight occurred in June of 2011, and the full integrated solution is on display this week at AUVSI (booth 3115) in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
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FLIR Systems, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of sensor systems that enhance perception and awareness. The Company’s advanced thermal imaging and threat detection systems are used for a wide variety of imaging, thermography, and security applications, including airborne and ground-based surveillance, condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, search and rescue, drug interdiction, navigation, transportation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) detection. Visit the Company's web site at www.FLIR.com.
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