FLIR Systems to provide
electro-optical visible-light
and infrared cameras for
surface warships
September 21, 2015
CRANE, Ind., 21 Sept.
2015. U.S. Navy maritime surveillance experts needed upgraded
long-range electro-optical forward-looking infrared sensors for surface
warships operating in coastal waters and harbors. They found their
solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Billerica, Mass.
Officials of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind.,
announced a $49.9 million contract to FLIR Systems on Friday to
provide Combatant Craft Forward Looking Infrared variant 2
(CCFLIR2) infrared and visible-light cameras.
The CCFLIR2 is a day-and-nighttime visible-light camera combined
with infrared imaging system that enables operators to detect surface
targets at tactically significant ranges in all operational environments,
Navy officials say.
The sensor system, packaged in a stabilized gimbal assembly, provides
increased detection, recognition and identification ranges in all conditions
over what is available today, as well as constant interrogation of targets
across the spectrum of naval operations.
The CCFLIR2 provides enhanced situational awareness with high-definition
imaging and zoom capability, and includes improved optics and image processing
that enable the user to see the same target in several different wavelengths
to highlight target features and discriminators.
CCFLIR2 integrates with embedded navigational systems and other shipboard
systems to provide target and way-point geolocation and tracking functionality,
and is part of a collection of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
systems available for use on special operations force maritime vessels.
The CCFLIR2 will be a significant upgrade to the fielded legacy CCFLIR
surface ship sensor system, and will enhance and expand shipboard day,
night, and infrared imaging capabilities. Navy experts will install the
CCFLIR2 system aboard naval maritime vessels of various types that
operate in littoral waters.
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FLIR systems will provide a CCFLIR2 system with stabilized gimbal
FLIR systems will provide a CCFLIR2 system with stabilized gimbal
assembly; hand control unit; display bracket assembly; installation kit;
interface cable kit; and reusable shipping container.
The stabilized gimbal assembly will have high-definition medium-wave
infrared imager, high-definition color imager, near-infrared imager, laser
range finger, laser pointer, optics and zoom lenses, and combination
anti-spoofing GPS receiver and inertial measurement unit.
The stabilized gimbal also will have 360-degree panoramic view capability
for all its sensors, and dual- band high-definition 3-5-micron medium-wave
infrared sensor and 8-to-12-micron long-wave infrared imaging sensor.
On this contract FLIR Systems will do the work in Billerica, Mass.,
and should be finished by September 2025. For more information contact
FLIR Systems online atwww.flir.com, or the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane atwww.navsea.navy.mil/Home/WarfareCenters/NSWCCrane.
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