MERRIMACK, N.H., 11 Feb. 2008. Kollsman Inc, an Elbit Systems of America company in Merrimack, N.H., won a $26.5 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for Thermal Laser Spot Imagers (TLSI). The order comes from the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va.
Kollsman developed the TLSI with its sister company Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop in Rehovot, Israel. The TLSI is an enhanced version of the company's AN/PAS-22 long range thermal imager (LRTI), augmented by a laser spot tracker (LST). The LRTI is a portable, binocular, hand-held, battery-operated thermal imager for long-range observation, and is currently in service with the U.S. Marine Corps.
TLSI will identify a laser spot that has been placed on a target as a guidance aid, which in day, night, and in adverse weather. The TLSI works with the company's Portable Laser Designator Ranger (PLDR) which is also being supplied to the Marine Corps.
Kollsman and Elop are subsidiaries of Elbit Systems Ltd. in Haifa, Israel, a defense electronics company that specializes in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, electronic warfare suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios.
For more information contact Kollsman online at www.kollsman.com, Elop at www.el-op.com, or Elbit at www.elbitsystems.com.
