FLIR Systems, Inc. (Portland, OR) has acquired the stock of Directed Perception, Inc. (Burlingame, CA), a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million cash.
FLIR Systems (Portland, OR) has acquired the stock of Directed Perception (Burlingame, CA), a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million cash.
Directed Perception's products are used for security and surveillance, maritime, the military, robotics, and scientific instruments; the company's pan-tilt systems support payloads ranging from 6 to 90 pounds. The products will be used in FLIR's pan-tilt-zoom camera systems for both commercial and military markets. The technology "can be integrated into many of our existing pan-tilt-zoom systems and has significant potential for future low-cost integrated solutions," said Earl Lewis, president and CEO of FLIR.
Upon closing, Directed Perception has been re-named FLIR Motion Control Systems and will operate as a part of FLIR's Commercial Systems division. FLIR anticipates this transaction will be neutral to 2010 net earnings and accretive thereafter.
John Wallace was with Laser Focus World for nearly 25 years, retiring in late June 2022. He obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and physics at Rutgers University and a master's in optical engineering at the University of Rochester. Before becoming an editor, John worked as an engineer at RCA, Exxon, Eastman Kodak, and GCA Corporation.
