By Marina Malenic FLIR Systems [FLIR], a manufacturer of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems, has received a U.S. Navy contract worth just over $125 million for its BRITE Star II sensor systems, company executives said yesterday. A five-year contract for delivery of BRITE Star II units was awarded to FLIR by the Naval Surface Weapons Center Crane Division, Crane, Ind. The units delivered under the first increment of the agreement, beginning early next year, will be used by the…
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