FLIR Receives $70 Million In Orders To Deliver Nearly 600 More Centaur Ground Robots

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FLIR Systems [FLIR] has received more than $70 million in new orders to deliver nearly 600 additional Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) to the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the company announced Monday. Orders for the Centaur medium-sized ground robots were placed under the Army’s multi-year Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) Increment Ⅱ contract vehicle, which has now had its ceiling value raised from $158 million to $190 million. Deliveries under the latest round of orders for Centaur robots, which are used to assist Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams, will begin in the third quarter of this year, according to FLIR. “The strong demand for this multi-purpose robot shows how well unmanned technology can support EOD teams across our military, enabling them to do their job more safely and effectively,” Tom Frost, vice president for FLIR’s unmanned and integrated solutions business, said in a statement. “Given the platform’s versatility and commonality across U.S. defense forces, we see a future where our close allies can leverage this same technology to enable combined operations”