Teledyne FLIR Defense has announced it has received two five-year requirements contracts worth up to $47m to provide and support nearly its entire range of ground robots to the United States government.

The contracts were awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Detroit and will be administered by the Robot Logistics Support Center.

The first contract, valued at up to $32 million, will support sustainment of the Man-Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) and Common Robotic Systems-Heavy (CRS-H) fielded robots.

This contract is available to all Department of Defense units and includes spares and repair services. The second contract, valued at up to $15 million, will support sustainment of the FLIR Defense FirstLook 110, SUGV 310, PackBot and Kobra 725 ground robots.

This contract is available to all U.S. government agencies and includes the purchase of all robotic systems listed as well as training to fulfil foreign military sales and customer requirements for robots, training or parts.

“These new funding vehicles are critically important in maintaining both DoD and Federal government readiness to address threats solved with the help of ground robots,” said Tung Ng, vice president of Unmanned Systems North America at Teledyne FLIR Defense. “Whatever the job may be, our men and women in uniform know they can depend on all our robotic platforms to help them perform missions more safely and effectively. We are honoured by their trust.”

The two contracts span nearly the full portfolio of FLIR Defense’s unmanned ground systems – from the six-pound throwable FirstLook to the man-portable PackBot, relied on by America’s military for bomb disposal since 2001, up to the 525-pound Kobra/CRS-H robot used for remote CBRN detection, larger ordnance disposal, and other heavy-duty tasks.

Funding for the contracts will be provided with each delivery order received. Both contracts feature a five-year performance period, with three base years and two option years.

To read more FLIR news, click here.