Under the contract, the company will deliver long-range thermal imaging sights and radars for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting, enabling all-weather, day-and-night operations. The package includes the TacFLIR 280 HDEP EO/IR imaging system, Ranger R20SS long-range radar and Cameleon control software for tracking and targeting threats.
“This initiative will help a key NATO ally upgrade its force capabilities, boost interoperability within NATO, and improve situational awareness,” said Dr. JihFen Lei, president of Teledyne FLIR Defense and senior vice president of Teledyne Technologies. “We are proud to support this U.S. Army-led effort and will work closely with our partners and end users in Bulgaria to deliver technology solutions that can have an immediate impact on the battlefield.”
The three-year programme will see systems manufactured at multiple company facilities in the United States and Canada before on-site integration once vehicles arrive in Bulgaria. Later phases are expected to add unmanned aircraft, launch systems and nuclear, biological and chemical detection sensors to provide standoff identification of such threats for Bulgarian Land Forces.
