FLIR Systems, Inc. recently said it received a $4.9 million U.S. government Foreign Military Sale (FMS) order for the Colombian Army and Air Force.
The order includes FLIR System’s Star SAFIRE III infrared multi-sensor surveillance systems, training and related services.
The units delivered under this award will be installed on Rotary Wing Surveillance and Tactical Platforms in support of Colombian Ministry of Defense airborne day and night counter-narcotic and counter-insurgency missions.
The work on this order will be done at FLIR’s facility in Wilsonville, Ore., and deliveries are expected to be completed in 2010.
“This order demonstrates FLIR’s significant presence in Colombia and Latin America, as we have now fielded over 240 multi-sensor systems in the region,” Earl Lewis, president and CEO of FLIR Systems, said. “We are pleased to be selected once again by the Colombian Ministry of Defense for their life saving counter-narcotic and counter-terror missions.”