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FLIR Receives $32 Million To Deliver 250 More Centaur Ground Robots To Army, Air Force and Navy

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, November 16th, 2020

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FLIR Receives $32 Million To Deliver 250 More Centaur Ground Robots To Army, Air Force and Navy

FLIR's Centaur unmanned ground vehicle. Photo: FLIR.

FLIR [FLIR] has received $32 million to deliver 250 more Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) to the Army, Air Force, and Navy, the company said Monday. The Centaur medium-sized ground robots are used to assist Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams, with the latest round of orders bringing the total program to $97 million over the last year covering 750 total UGVs. Deliveries under the latest order are expected to begin in early 2021, according to the company. “We’re tremendously honored…

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