FLIR Systems acquires ICx to boost expertise in homeland security, surveillance, and chemical sensors

摘要

Infrared sensor specialist FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore., is acquiring homeland security sensors expert ICx Technologies Inc. in Arlington, Va., to boost FLIR's expertise in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive detection, as well as in wide-area surveillance, intrusion detection, and facility security. FLIR is acquiring ICx for $274 million under terms of a merger agreement. For the year ended 30 June 2010, ICx reported revenue of about $168 million.