Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced that it has received two five-year requirements contracts worth up to $47 million in total to provide and support nearly its entire range of ground robots to the United States government.
The contracts were awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Detroit and will be administered by the Robot Logistics Support Center.
“These new funding vehicles are critically important in maintaining both DoD and Federal government readiness to address threats solved with the help of ground robots.
Whatever the job may be, our men and women in uniform know they can depend on all our robotic platforms to help them perform missions more safely and effectively. We are honored by their trust.”
Tung Ng, vice president of Unmanned Systems North America at Teledyne FLIR Defense
The two contracts span nearly the full portfolio of FLIR Defense’s unmanned ground systems – from the six-pound throwable FirstLook to the man-portable PackBot, relied on by America’s military for bomb disposal since 2001, up to the 525-pound Kobra/CRS-H robot used for remote CBRN detection, larger ordnance disposal, and other heavy-duty tasks.
Funding for the contracts will be provided with each delivery order received. Both contracts feature a five-year performance period, with three base years and two option years.
Source: Teledyne FLIR news release
