Teledyne Flir Defense, LLC

Teledyne Flir Defense, LLC (doing business as Flir Detection Inc., a division of Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc.) manufactures advanced electro-optical, infrared, thermal imaging, and chemical-biological detection technologies and sells these products and associated sustainment services to federal defense and civilian agencies primarily as a prime contractor, competing in full-and-open markets without set-aside designations. The company is a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma, with additional manufacturing and support facilities in West Lafayette, Indiana; Indian Head, Maryland; McCoy, Colorado; Sagaponack, New York; Alameda, California; Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; and Lompoc, California.

Flir Detection's federal footprint is heavily weighted toward munitions systems, chemical and biological detection equipment, thermal imaging platforms, and repair and sustainment services. The company holds three primary indefinite delivery contracts anchoring the portfolio: a $249 million Marine Corps single-award IDIQ for Organic Precision Fires Light (All-Up Rounds, Ground Control Stations, ancillary equipment, and contractor logistics support through April 2032); a $107.9 million Naval Sea Systems Command single-award IDIQ for Identifinder R400 chemical-biological identification and detection systems and maintenance through September 2027; and a $36 million Naval Sea Systems Command single-award IDIQ for Griffin 460 warranties and repair parts through August 2030. Across the recent award portfolio, 516 total prime and sub awards carry combined potential value of $9.22 billion, with SCI-reported invoicing of $28.6 million across FY2023–FY2025 (reflecting contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excluding goods, products, and non-federal revenue). The company delivered roughly 13.7 FTEs on SCI-reportable service contracts in FY2023, declining to 6.0 FTEs in FY2024 and 6.9 FTEs in FY2025; government-paid rates on service contracts ranged from median $769.95 per hour to 90th percentile $1,922.78 per hour across the period. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average of 1 percent of total contractor hours, indicating the company builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on sub engagement.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense and chemical-biological defense agencies. The Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense (Army Acquisition Support Center) dominates by potential value, accounting for 46 awards worth $8.33 billion combined, driven largely by the CIDAS NERVE program and related chemical detection systems work. The Marine Corps places 14 awards valued at $324.5 million. Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters places 52 awards worth $165 million, primarily delivery orders for maintenance and repair of thermal imaging and surveillance equipment under the FAA's indefinite delivery vehicle 6973GH-18-D-00085. Naval Sea Systems Command places 48 awards valued at $130.7 million. The Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Nuclear Security Administration, National Science Foundation, and civilian agencies including the National Institutes of Health, EPA, and FDA round out the customer set. Flir Detection competes in full-and-open competition across all top vehicles; no set-asides recur in the prime award footprint.

Representative recent work spans munitions, detection systems, and sustainment. In June 2026, the Marine Corps awarded a $3.1 million delivery order for electro-optical, infrared, and thermal imaging systems and services under USSOCOM. In March 2026, the Army awarded a $14.6 million prototype Other Transaction Agreement to develop next-generation sensors and integrate them into existing unmanned platforms for enhanced chemical and biological hazard detection, concluding September 2028. In February 2026, the Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense awarded a $2.2 million delivery order for a CIDAS NERVE applicator with CCC-NERVE capability. In September 2022, the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office awarded a $7.88 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract for TS10 research and development, which invoiced $1.3 million in FY2023, $1.4 million in FY2024, and $1.6 million in FY2025 with subcontractor hours comprising 17 percent of effort in FY2025. In July 2025, the National Science Foundation awarded a $5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract for the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track L program, exercising option year 1 with completion in July 2028. Federal Aviation Administration orders for repair of thermal focal units, pan-tilt units, and radar systems, issued under the 6973GH-18-D-00085 IDIQ, have ranged from $11,000 to $5.8 million and support the FAA's aviation safety and air traffic management programs.

Activity has grown from 25 awards in 2022 to 53 in 2024, with 21 awards placed in 2025 and 16 in 2026 year-to-date as of late September. Fourteen awards with combined potential value of $47.1 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure centered on Organic Precision Fires Light sustainment, Identifinder maintenance, and FAA indefinite delivery vehicle options. Across the sub-award footprint, Flir Detection primarily supplies components and detection equipment to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (the dominant prime drawing the vendor) and Battelle Memorial Institute and HII Mission Technologies Corp on specialized projects. The vendor operates as a product manufacturer and systems integrator rather than as a subcontractor-dependent prime; sub hours comprise 1 percent of SCI-reportable effort.

Teledyne Flir Detection's federal business concentrates on electro-optical and thermal imaging systems, chemical and biological detection equipment (particularly CIDAS NERVE and Identifinder platforms), munitions and loitering weapon systems (Organic Precision Fires Light), and repair and sustainment services across detection and imaging platforms. The company competes full-and-open for all major contract vehicles and does not pursue set-asides. Government-paid rates on service contracts cluster in the $770–$1,920 per hour range, reflecting senior engineering and specialized technical labor. The supplier relationship with Atlantic Diving Supply on multiple product orders indicates Flir Detection functions as an original equipment manufacturer and component supplier within the broader federal ecosystem rather than as a systems integrator or prime integrator on large programs.