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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale	Flir Government Systems Announces Electro-Optics Contracts at AUSA Officials at FLIR Government Systems announced several contracts for their electro-optic and infrared systems at this year's Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	U.S. Army chooses FLIR Systems' thermal technology Officials at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, in Huntsville, Ala., required electro-optic and infrared technology for the Marine Corps Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	Infrared Thermal Camera for Indian Air Force C-130J Aircraft to be Supplied by FLIR Systems FLIR Systems will supply an infrared camera system to the Indian air force under terms of a $7.2 million Pentagon electro-optical contract for foreign military sales.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	Army, Marines Select FLIR Systems for Situational Awareness Technology FLIR Systems will put forward-looking infrared technology in the hands of more military personnel to improve their situational awareness.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	Colombian Ministry of Defense Adopts FLIR Systems Multi-Sensor Surveillance FLIR won a $6.7 million order to deliver its Star SAFIRE HD stabilized, multi-sensor surveillance systems, for installation on Columbia's fixed-wing surveillance platforms.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	United Arab Emirates Chooses FLIR Systems Technology FLIR has received a $6.3 million order from the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense for Star SAFIRE III units to be installed on fixed-wing surveillance platforms.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John McHale	First round accuracy Many special forces operators like to say the last thing they want is a fair fight. They want to overwhelm the enemy so that he cannot even shoot back.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	U.S. Air Force Employs FLIR Systems Thermal Imagers The portable SeeSpot III is designed for applications requiring not only high-resolution thermal imaging, but also the ability to see the aiming point of a laser designator.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	FLIR Systems Provides Multisensor Systems to Colombian Ministry of Defense FLIR Systems won a $13 million order from the Colombian Ministry of Defense for FLIR's Star SAFIRE HD stabilized, multisensor systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John McHale	It Always Feels Like Somebody's Watching me... Today's video security technology can provide impressive detailed surveillance in many ways, but developers are using video analytics, image fusion, and high-definition methods to obtain even better night and day images.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John McHale	Infrared Products Continue to Improve Warfighter Capability Designers of infrared technology for military applications are all in agreement-business is not only good, but continued growth and support for new designs and capability are expected. Success on night battlefields has made the U.S. soldier hungry for even more products and new capabilities.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Thermal-Imaging Technology Turns Night Into Day for u.s. Warfighters Thermal weapon sights tap the latest infrared technologies to aid warfighters in target acquisition, location, and identification.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John McHale	Scared of the dark? For thousands of years armies were wary of attacking at night. They could make use of artificial light - whether torches, searchlights, or headlights - but illumination always risked revealing maneuvers.
National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner	Urban Surveillance Still Falling Short, Say Army Commanders Army commanders need more sophisticated aerial surveillance sensors to give them a wider, more detailed view of the complex urban battlefield.
National Defense June 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Outdated Army Training, Education Programs Get Revamped The U.S. Army is preparing to expand its intelligence workforce by as many as 15,000 officers during the next several years.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Optoelectronics Help Special Forces Shoot Farther and More Accurately Optoelectronic devices such as laser sights, binoculars, and infrared sensors are enabling the transformation of American special operations forces to deploy and execute their missions more quickly and more efficiently than ever before.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009	On the Rise -- FLIR Systems Says the Best is Yet to Come Lower prices and higher volumes spell growth for the manufacturer of thermal imaging infrared cameras.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects FLIR Systems' Handheld Imagers FLIR Systems are delivering an indefinite quantity of the company's Recon III long-range, handheld imagers.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010	FLIR Systems Gains $4.9 Million Colombian Military Order for Electro-Optics The electro-optic units delivered under this award will be installed on rotary wing surveillance and tactical platforms in support of Colombian Ministry of Defense airborne missions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects FLIR Systems Thermal Imaging Technology The technology will provide ground vehicles with an all-weather, day/night, high-resolution, thermal imaging capability.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	Malaysian Ministry of Defense Orders FLIR Systems' Infrared Sensor Systems FLIR's ThermoVision 2000 long-range thermal infrared (IR) imaging sensor systems will assist surveillance along the Malaysian coastline.
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger	The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Army Approaches Industry for Ideas on Developing a Vehicle-Mounted, Sniper-Detection Sensor System U.S. Army leaders are beginning the process of developing a sensor system mountable to Army tactical vehicles that can detect the presence of enemy snipers and marksmen before the enemy has a chance to shoot.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens.
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane adopts FLIR Systems enhanced targeting sight systems The ETS increases the accuracy of laser designators by enabling operators to view the laser spot within the target scene, in both day and night battlefield environments and in degraded weather conditions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	U.S. Department of Defense Selects FLIR Systems' Latest Technology Officials at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) puts next-generation, lightweight, high-performance thermal imagers in the hands of U.S. military personnel with the help of FLIR Systems' new thermal imaging system.
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna	New Lightweight Infrared Systems Under Development for Army Raytheon officials said its third wave of forward-looking infrared devices, called FLIR, could be in soldiers' hands within a few years.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Army Starts Over With Aerial Common Sensor The Army is making a second attempt at a failed joint program to create a manned aerial platform designed to provide persistent surveillance over battlefields.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Army strives for battlefield awareness with FBCB2 Army tank commanders need a clearer view of the battlefield than they have today, so they can track friendly forces and enemy targets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Joining sensors through data fusion Data experts are are relying on various approaches to refine sensor outputs into useful information, and essentially create a whole sensor picture that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	Electro-Optics Briefs Elop introduces uncooled handheld thermal imager with target acquisition... Thermoteknix offers thermal imaging camera with 25-micron detector... Dynasil acquires Precision Optics product line... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	Electro-optics Briefs FLIR Systems wins order from U.S. Navy... Megapixel camera for demanding machine-vision applications... Edmund Optics expands into the ultraviolet... Toshiba offers extreme-low-light surveillance camera for homeland security... etc.
National Defense January 2006 Robert H. Williams	Long-Range Infrared Binoculars Developed Thermal binoculars that provide for the first time dual-channel, high-resolution imaging and geo-locating have been developed for military and security personnel by FLIR Systems.
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	In Brief Northrop Grumman to provide software support for maritime command and control system... ACT/TECHNICO improves security for PMC form-factor... Lockheed Martin awarded $120 million to develop enhanced counterfire target acquisition radar... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 John Keller	Northrop Grumman plans for fourth-generation LITENING AT aircraft targeting pods The fourth-generation version of LITENING will feature a 1024-by-1024-pixel forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor for target detection and recognition ranges under day and night conditions.
National Defense May 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Reorganizes Training for Intelligence Units "The focus now is on getting soldiers used to identifying information that could be useful" to commanders in Afghanistan, says Army Maj. Eric Butler says during a recent teleconference with military bloggers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 Ben Ames	Army to outfit 872 vehicles with Raytheon IR sensor The vehicles to receive night-vision forward-looking infrared sensors include new Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, LRAS3 and other Army ground platforms.
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean	Battlefield Intelligence: Easy to Collect, Tough to Share The U.S. military has deployed unmanned aircraft and other information collection devices at a pace that exceeds the capabilities of battlefield intelligence systems to archive, analyze and disseminate the video and imagery.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs The sensors will provide imagery during reconnaissance, surveillance, and target-acquisition (RSTA) missions and enhanced reconnaissance and security/early-warning capabilities, which will increase situational awareness.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Deploy Web-Based Intelligence Network The Army will soon begin deploying a "joint intelligence operations capability" in Iraq -- a web-based catalog of information that soldiers at the battalion level can access from high-speed workstations.
Parameters Summer 2006 Robert M. Cassidy	The Long Small War: Indigenous Forces for Counterinsurgency A task force that organizes and integrates special, conventional, and indigenous forces against terrorists, leveraging the best counterinsurgency practices, would be able to carry out the full range of counterinsurgency requirements within an autonomous area of operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	Electro-optics Brief Digital video recorder system selected for Sikorsky helicopters... CACI wins order to support U.S. Army forward looking infrared systems... Dilas introduces fiber-coupled diode laser bar... etc.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo	High Demand for Infrared Technology on Battlefield Advances in manufacturing technology are allowing a new generation of infrared imaging devices to reach the battlefield in record numbers, according to military and industry sources.
National Defense October 2004	Army Trying to Get Better Grasp on War Zone Intelligence Under the banner of "every soldier is a sensor," the Army is pushing the notion that ground troops are primary sources of valuable battlefield intelligence.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005	Optoelectronics Briefs Phasebridge wins contract for Navy RF fiber-optic links program... FLIR Systems adds IR camera to research product line... Optex to provide telescopes for howitzer fire control... Kollsman to repair optical system on Cobra helicopter... etc.