The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a potential seven-year, $384 million contract to produce a thermal weapon sight technology that will work to help soldiers identify and engage targets in the battlefield.
BAE said Wednesday the military branch ordered the company’s Family of Weapon Sights“Crew Served system comprised of high-resolution sensors with a laser range-finder and designed to transmit real-time imagery wirelessly to a helmet-mounted display.
The company developed its FWS-CS platform to function in daylight or darkness, adverse weather and reduced visibility conditions.
Marc Casseres, director of BAE’s imaging and aiming solutions business, said the company equipped the gunner-specific system with a 12-micron sensor technology to help increase military users’ situational awareness.
The Army obligated $10.5 million for the initial development order under the contract.
BAE will perform work at the company™s facilities in New Hampshire and Texas.
