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  • Thermal Cameras Reveal How to Keep Your Home Cool During a Heat Wave

    Find out how you can detect air leaks, missing insulation, and energy inefficient windows with tools like the FLIR TG165, the FLIR C3, and FLIR E8. A home energy audit can help keep your home cool during hot summers and heat waves by preventing heat infiltration and keeping cold air inside.

  • FLIR Partners with SIG SAUER Academy To Support Law Enforcement and Military Professionals

    Today, SIG SAUER Academy, the leading provider of the highest quality firearms and tactical instruction, announced FLIR Systems as the supplying partner of night vision and thermal imaging equipment for the SIG Night Vison Operator course. The SIG SAUER Academy Night Vision Operator Course is designed for law enforcement and military units to enhance their capabilities and safety with night vision and thermal imagining equipment for critical situations. Taught by experienced Special Forces Operators, students will be introduced to equipment in use while learning tactics to supplement existing methods and procedures.

  • Teledyne FLIR Strengthens Perimeter Security Portfolio with First Commercial Ground-Based Radar and New Multispectral Camera Series

    Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced today the release of new additions to its perimeter security portfolio for critical infrastructure; Elara™ R-Series Commercial Ground Security Radars and the FH-Series Multispectral Fixed Cameras. A first for Teledyne FLIR, the Elara R-Series is the ideal commercial radar system for industrial commercial applications, increasing detection coverage, auto-tracking, dynamic mapping and position intelligence of intruders. Part of the Teledyne FLIR premium family of security cameras, the FH-Series delivers both intrusion detection and video verification through its high-resolution thermal and visible imaging capabilities. These features plus the ability to capture vital details using 4K imagery enables security personnel to properly identify and assess situations, significantly improving response time.

  • FLIR Vue® TZ20: The Power of Pixels on Thermal Zoom

    The FLIR VUE® TZ20 uses two FLIR Boson® thermal camera modules to provide performance-leading thermal zoom capabilities.  By integrating both a narrow and a wide field of view (FOV), it puts about 4x more pixels on scene at every zoom level versus all digital-zoom competitors.  It also offers an unmatched 20x thermal zoom capability.  Video from the VUE TZ20 shows the whole story!

  • Students Win First Ever Canadian CanSat Competition with Design Incorporating FLIR Lepton

    A group of six high school students recently won the first ever Canadian CanSat satellite competition with a design that incorporated a FLIR Lepton. The team, advised by physics teacher Joe Muise, is from St. Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby, British Columbia, and the win earns them a spot as Canada's representative at the European Space Agency's CanSat competition next fall.

  • Can You See Toxic Emissions with Thermal Cameras?

    Most gases—methane, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), carbon monoxide, and hundreds of others—are invisible to the naked eye, just like the gases in the air around us. But can they be seen with a thermal camera? The answer is yes—sometimes. Most thermal imagers can’t directly detect gases, but Optical Gas Imaging cameras are highly specialized thermal cameras that are spectrally filtered to visualize specific gas emissions.

  • 5 Additional Ways You Should Be Using Your FLIR K1

    The dual-sensor FLIR K1 is a powerful situational awareness tool and one of the most affordable FLIR TICs on the market, ideal for helping firefighters complete a thorough 360° assessment in total darkness and through smoke. But the smaller price tag doesn’t mean the K1 is limited in what it can be used for - the FLIR K1 has many applications beyond situational awareness on the fire scene. Read more to find out the top 5 additional ways you should be putting your K1 to good use.

  • Earthrace Fights Environmental Destruction in Costa Rica Aided by Thermal Imaging

    Earthrace is a conservation nonprofit that travels around the world saving endangered animals and habitats. Their current campaign in Costa Rica is aimed at stopping illegal fishing, poaching, and mining activities within protected marine and terrestrial national parks. Captain Pete Bethune of Earthrace shares how FLIR and Raymarine technology helps them in their mission to locate illegal activities and keep the crew safe when headed into danger.

  • "Another Day": Thanking Law Enforcement Professionals

    FLIR empowers first responders with a sixth sense, because when the unthinkable happens, it’s their rapid action we count on. Designed for the men and woman who serve and protect our communities, the FLIR Scion PTM, Breach PTQ136, and LS-XR monoculars equip law enforcement professionals with superior thermal vision for seeing in total darkness.

  • Pro Angler Profile: Frank Crescitelli

    Captain Frank Crescitelli relies on Raymarine and FLIR for productive and safe fishing amidst the bright lights and congested waters of New York City. The New York City that Captain Frank Crescitelli knows is probably not the New York City you know. While over 8 million NYC residents are busy looking for parking spots, Crescitelli is looking for fish for his charter clients and TV audience. As the owner of Fin Chaser Charters and Fin Chasers TV, Crescitelli’s job is to find fish and catch fish in the highly productive yet incredibly busy waters around the largest city in the United States.

  • FLIR A50 and A70 Thermal Cameras Offer Turnkey Solutions for Efficient Data Analysis

    When decision makers seek to integrate new hardware into their automation process, they are often looking at a few key areas – the ease of use, price point, features, and the ability to utilize the hardware at multiple points throughout their system. The new A50 and A70 thermal cameras come in three options – Smart, Streaming, and Research & Development to fit the needs of professionals across a variety of industries – from manufacturing to utilities to science.  The new cameras offer improved accuracy of ±2°C or ±2% temperature measurement, compared to the previous accuracy of ±5°C, or ±5% temperature measurement. The cameras all include an IP66 rating, along with a small, compact size with higher resolution options compared to previous versions.

  • World Wildlife Fund: Love It or Lose It Campaign

    In February, World Wildlife Fund launched the “Love It or Lose It” campaign to highlight the wildlife and wild places we’re at risk of losing if we don’t love and protect them enough. This Earth Day, FLIR CEO Jim Cannon tells us what he loves about nature and the work FLIR does to help protect it.