Special Section working to reduce the costs of these items from $30,000 to $7,000. We are basically taking the SWIR image from the 150 nanometer range and converting it to another range that can be viewed with a much less expensive sensor.” At Exelis, future night vision devices will be like smartA squad of U.S. Navy SEALs participate in special operations urban combat training. The training exercise familiarizes special operators with urban environments and tactical maneuvering during phones today: they night and day operations. will have apps available to be downloaded to them. The apps could run on the goggles Adams Industries is working on reducthemselves or on a smartphone-like device. ing the cost of short-wave infrared (SWIR) “These apps will have the capability to devices, which are best used immediately maximize the flow of information to and before dawn when other night vision from the warfighter,” said Bobay. “The idea equipment is less effective. is to give the war-fighter usable real-time “SWIR is a big thing in the miliinformation to make actionable decisions tary right now because the best time to instantly.” attack is pre-dawn,” said Adams. “We are
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FLIR Systems announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the Army to support the medevac program. The contract is valued at $38 million and is for spare components for Star SAFIRE II stabilized multi-sensor systems that are installed on the Army’s fielded medevac Blackhawk helicopters. An initial delivery order of $1.7 million was received. Work under this contract is expected to be performed out of FLIR’s facility in Wilsonville, Ore., with deliveries expected to be completed within five years. “The Army’s medevac program has saved countless lives and we are proud to continue as a key element of its mission,” said Earl Lewis, president and CEO of FLIR. O
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