FLIR Announces US ArmyDelivery Order for $96.6 M

(Portland, OR., September 10, 2008) -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a new delivery order totaling $96.6 million from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Alabama for its Star SAFIRE(R) III stabilized multi-sensor systems. This delivery order is issued under a previously announced contract modification on an existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. The units delivered under this order will support the Base Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Systems - Combined (BETSS-C) program. Work on the delivery order will be completed within the next twelve months in FLIR's Wilsonville, Oregon facility.

"This delivery order, a continuation of FLIR's relationship with the U.S. Army, demonstrates the value of our systems for force protection applications. We are pleased the U.S. Army has once again chosen FLIR products for this critically important mission," said Earl R. Lewis, President and CEO of FLIR.

Source : Flir Systems Inc.

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