FLIR Systems is looking to leverage recent contract success with its UGVs and experience with US military test exercises, in competing for upcoming contracts for larger platforms which will fill unmanned gaps in US multi-domain operations.
The company, which spent big in recent years acquiring companies such as Endeavor Robotics and Prox Dynamics, is currently being purchased by Teledyne Technologies for $8 billion, pending regulatory approval.
Initiatives involving FLIR Systems, such as Project Convergence and Project Quarterback (leveraging AI for tank warfare), as well as the upcoming EDGE 21, all add to the sum of knowledge within the US
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As countries increasingly move away from Chinese drone manufacturing and focus on domestic production and collaboration, Europe and the US are well-placed to step in – although cost remains a crucial consideration.
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
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