PORTLAND, OR /Marketwire/ -- FLIR Systems Inc. announced that it has received a $5.4 million order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The contract award is for Star SAFIRE HD stabilized multi-sensors. The units delivered under this order will be used to assist the CBP air assets in their performance on missions guarding the borders of the U.S. Work on this order will be performed at FLIR's facilities in Wilsonville, OR, and deliveries are expected to be completed by the end of 2010.
"FLIR Systems continues to develop mission-ready systems that meet the long-range and durability demands of the U.S. CBP," said Earl R. Lewis, President and CEO of FLIR Systems Inc. "This contract reaffirms the confidence CBP has in our systems to provide the right equipment for their critical missions."
About FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems for a wide variety of thermography and imaging applications, including condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, airborne observation and broadcast, search and rescue, drug interdiction, surveillance and reconnaissance, navigation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and ground-based security.