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  • How Far Can You Measure with a Thermal Camera?

    A common question thermographers ask is “What’s the farthest target I can measure with my thermal camera?” The answer to this question is complicated, but essentially the distance you can measure depends on your camera’s resolution and field of view (FOV). A camera with a higher resolution will get you more pixels on the target you’re trying to measure, improving accuracy even from a distance. A narrow field of view—something like 6°—will magnify distant objects, again putting more pixels on distant targets.

  • FLIR Launches C5 Compact Thermal Camera with Cloud Connectivity

    FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR C5 Compact Thermal Camera with new built-in FLIR Ignite™ cloud connectivity and Wi-Fi features for professionals in the building maintenance, manufacturing, and utility industries.

  • Hamburg Uses Thermal Sensors to Enhance Traffic Flow

    As one of the most ambitious smart city projects in Europe, Hamburg, Germany is determined to tackle its urban mobility and sustainability challenges head-on. To have better insights into its city dynamics, Hamburg strongly believes in digitizing traffic. Data collection and data analysis will allow the city’s traffic authorities to make smarter decisions. A new set of data will come from a vast network of FLIR thermal imaging cameras.

  • Preventing Disaster at Steel Mills with Continuous Thermal Imaging

    Steel breakouts are real-life nightmares, showering a plant ­floor with hundreds of tons of 1400°C (2552°F) molten iron and risking damage to equipment or even the injury or death of a worker. It’s an extremely dangerous and costly mistake that steel mills try desperately to avoid. A diligent preventative maintenance of the ladles and torpedoes used to shuttle molten iron between steelmaking processes is critical.

  • FLIR Launches High-Performance Thermal Camera for Long Range and Science Applications

    FLIR Systems today announced the FLIR RS8500 mid-wave infrared (MWIR) thermal camera designed for range tracking, science, and measurement applications. A new addition to FLIR Systems’ science camera series, the high-performance RS8500 combines a mid-wave infrared detector and telescope in a single weatherproof housing built for measurement accuracy of long-range and high-temperature targets in harsh environments.

  • FLIR Wins $20.6 Million Contract to Provide Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for U.S. Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor Program

    FLIR Systems announced it has won an additional $20.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will support platoon- and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.

  • FLIR TG Series Wins World-Renowned iF Design Award

    FLIR is honored to announce that the FLIR TG series of thermal tools has won an iF Design Award for outstanding product design. The iF Design Award is the oldest independent design seal in the world, and receives over 6000 submissions from 70 countries every year for recognition of outstanding achievement, innovation, and uniqueness in design.

  • FLIR Systems Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results

    ARLINGTON, Va. – February 27, 2020 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR), a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of intelligent sensing technologies, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. 

  • Perimeter Security 101: Thermal Camera Deployment

    Building a successful perimeter security system with thermal cameras requires skill. Security professionals must consider several design factors such as camera placement, lens selection, and dead zones—not to mention configuring analytics to optimize detection. To maximize your perimeter security system’s performance, consider these best practices.

  • FLIR Receives $23 Million Order for its Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles for U.S. Air Force

    ARLINGTON, Va., March 2, 2020 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that the United States (U.S.) Air Force has ordered more than 180 of the company’s Centaur™ unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus spares. The $23 million contract is sourced through the Dept. of Defense Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) program.

  • Czech Utility Company Uses Optical Gas Imaging to Detect SF6 Gas Leaks

    Gas leaks are often invisible to the naked eye, and may occur anywhere along a pipeline or other infrastructure. Depending on the gas in question, a leak could mean anything from lost profits to extreme hazards to human safety and the health of the environment. Because gas leaks can be difficult or nearly impossible to detect with tools like gas sniffers, many utility companies are turning to optical gas imaging to better detect leaks.

  • Researchers Study Retreating Glaciers using Thermal Drone Imagery

    Rosie Bisset, a researcher at Edinburgh University, is mapping the surface of some of the highest glaciers in South America using data from drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras. Researchers have been monitoring the Andes glaciers with drones for several years, but Bisset is the first to conduct a thermal survey on her expedition.