FLIR Receives $25.4 M From the Naval Surface Warfare Center

(Portland, OR., June 19, 2008) -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a $25.4 million firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, for its Special Operations Visual Augmentation Systems (SOVAS) Hand-held Imager-Medium Range (HHI-MR) systems. The units delivered under this contract are medium range thermal binoculars and will support ongoing Special Operation Force missions for surveillance and reconnaissance. Work will be performed at FLIR's North Billerica, MA facility.

"This contract, which represents FLIR's largest contract award to date for uncooled military systems, demonstrates FLIR's ability to deliver large volume, high-performance uncooled military products. We are pleased that NSWC Crane has chosen FLIR products for this critically important mission, and we welcome the opportunity to expand our support to US SOCOM," said Earl R. Lewis, President and CEO of FLIR.

Source : Flir Systems Inc.

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