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Homeland Security

FLIR, Griffon Nab CBP Mobile Surveillance System Awards

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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded FLIR Corp. [FLIR] and Griffon Corp. [GFF] each contract to supply the agency's Border Patrol with mobile surveillance towers and equipment for use along the nation's southwest border. FLIR, through its acquisition last year of ICx Technologies, received a potential five-year, $101.9 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the Mobile Surveillance Capability (MSC). Griffon's Telephonics business unit received a potential five-year, $45.3 million ID/IQ contract for MSC. FLIR will deliver 33 of its…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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