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FLIR Systems Inc in North Billerica, MA won an $11.8 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite quantity contract, for delivery of between 4-250 hand-held Long Range Infrared Imaging Systems. The Sept 29th DefenseLINK release notes that the Long Range Infrared Imaging System “is used during special operations missions for target acquisition in a maritime environment with high temperatures and high humidity. The system provides the end user the capability to detect and identify targets from long range, in a lightweight man-portable package.”
Work will be performed in North Billerica, MA and is expected to be complete by December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $560,163 will expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Internet, with 4 proposals received by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division in Crane IN (N00164-06-D-8597).