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Army Conducts Market Survey On Next-Gen FLIR Systems For Ground Combat Platforms

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 5th, 2011

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The Army is conducting a market survey so it can align research and development investments and acquisition strategy for developing performance specifications and initial capability documents for ground combat platforms--the M1 Abrams, M2/M3 Bradley, Stryker and Ground Combat Vehicle. The Next Generation FLIR B-Kit will consist of a Next Gen High Definition, 1280x720 12 m, Midwave IR (MWIR) and Longwave IR (LWIR) Focal Plane Array (FPA), integrated in a tactical Dewar cooler with variable F/# aperture stop, imaging optics, control…

Congress

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