Flir Unmanned Aerial Systems AS

Flir Unmanned Aerial Systems AS, a Norway-based division of Teledyne Flir LLC, manufactures unmanned aerial systems components, thermal imaging equipment, reconnaissance cameras, batteries, rotary wing blades, antennas, and related specialized military hardware for the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) on full-and-open, non-set-aside vehicle awards. The company is foreign-owned, for-profit, and competes across defense procurement channels without small business set-asides.

Flir UAS has grown substantially in recent years, scaling from one award in 2022 to 31 awards in 2025 across 71 total tracked awards carrying combined potential value of $231 million. The activity trajectory shows consistent acceleration, though 42% of that potential value has been obligated. The vendor's customer concentration is stark: the top customer by dollar value, the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Program Executive Office Soldier, anchors five awards worth $206.4 million in combined potential value—roughly 89% of all tracked dollars. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by award count (54 awards) but carries far lower unit values ($6 million combined potential across those 54 orders), whereas the Army PEO Soldier awards drive strategy and revenue. The Department of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (2 awards, $12 million) and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground (2 awards, $3.1 million) round out the top tier. Only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months ($35 thousand combined potential value), creating minimal recompete exposure.

Flir UAS holds four major Indefinite Delivery Vehicles. The anchor vehicle is a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (W91CRB23D0008) valued at $93.889 million with the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier, running through April 2028, which has generated task orders for small UAS systems, Soldier Borne Sensor spares (an $17.2 million delivery order for 800 systems awarded April 2023), and 330 battery modules ($128.6 thousand, July 2023). A second single-award Other Transaction IDV (July 2024) with PEO Soldier carries $95.139 million ceiling and has generated delivery orders for Black Hornet mini-helicopter air vehicles, UAS platforms with integrated sensors, and launch-and-recovery services, extending through April 2028. A third vehicle, a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE7L124D0001) with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, valued at $4.999 million and running to April 2028, generated 52 task orders for reconnaissance cameras, storage batteries, rotary wing blades, power cable assemblies, antennas, display units, and field pouch components—the high-volume, low-unit-value work characteristic of DLA sustainment ordering. A fourth Other Transaction Agreement with the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (September 2022, $647 thousand base) supports the Soldier Borne Sensor system with FLIR UAS integration.

The vendor's recent award footprint reflects its role as a specialized component and small-system supplier to Army soldier modernization and reconnaissance programs. Concrete recent work includes a $17.2 million delivery order (April 2023, PEO Soldier) for 800 Soldier Borne Sensor Systems spares; a $128.6 thousand order (July 2023, PEO Soldier) for 330 battery modules; a $136 thousand purchase order (September 2023, Army Intelligence and Security Command) for a Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System with spare parts, software, and training delivered to Wiesbaden, Germany; a $22.52 million delivery order (April 2024, PEO Soldier) for two day-and-two-night Black Hornet 3 air vehicles; and recurring DLA Land and Maritime delivery orders ranging from $1.07 thousand to $97.6 thousand for reconnaissance cameras, batteries, blades, antennae, and field equipment throughout 2024–2026. All work carries firm fixed-price structures and no set-aside designations. Place of performance is Norway across the portfolio.

Flir UAS operates as a division within the parent company Teledyne Flir LLC (Wilsonville, Oregon), a thermal imaging and sensor manufacturer with broader federal contracting relationships across Defense, Coast Guard, and other agencies. The subsidiary structure allows the parent to segment UAS manufacturing and small-platform operations separately from core thermal imaging business lines. Flir UAS has two recorded subcontract positions under Caci Technologies LLC (August and July 2025) providing engineering, training, and experimentation support for modeling and simulation sensor applications.

The top NAICS concentration is Aircraft Manufacturing (60 awards), followed by Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (3 awards) and Research and Development (4 combined awards across physical and engineering sciences). Top PSC codes reflect the parts-and-component character: Individual Equipment (11 awards), Still Picture Cameras (10 awards), Office Devices and Accessories (10 awards), Unmanned Aircraft (8 awards), and Rechargeable Batteries (6 awards).