FLIR Systems
E168946
FLIR Systems is a leading American company specializing in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras, sensors, and infrared imaging technologies used in defense, industrial, and commercial applications.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FLIR | 2 |
| FLIR Systems canonical | 2 |
| Teledyne FLIR | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1478401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FLIR Systems Context triple: [Silicon Forest, majorCompanyPresent, FLIR Systems]
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A.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is a major American defense and aerospace technology company specializing in advanced communications, surveillance, and mission systems for military, government, and commercial customers.
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B.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
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E.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FLIR Systems Target entity description: FLIR Systems is a leading American company specializing in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras, sensors, and infrared imaging technologies used in defense, industrial, and commercial applications.
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A.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is a major American defense and aerospace technology company specializing in advanced communications, surveillance, and mission systems for military, government, and commercial customers.
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B.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
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E.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
defense contractor ⓘ thermal imaging manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Teledyne Technologies
ⓘ
linked to:
Teledyne
|
| acquisitionDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
aerial surveillance
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border security ⓘ building inspection ⓘ commercial applications ⓘ defense applications ⓘ firefighting ⓘ industrial applications ⓘ maritime surveillance ⓘ predictive maintenance ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ security and surveillance ⓘ |
| brand |
FLIR
ⓘ
linked to:
FLIR Systems
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| customerType |
commercial customers
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industrial customers ⓘ military customers ⓘ public safety agencies ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1978 ⓘ |
| founder | John C. Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Wilsonville, Oregon ⓘ |
| industry |
defense
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industrial technology ⓘ infrared imaging ⓘ surveillance ⓘ thermal imaging ⓘ |
| marketPosition | leading supplier of thermal imaging systems ⓘ |
| notableUse |
industrial condition monitoring
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law enforcement surveillance ⓘ military targeting systems ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle payloads ⓘ |
| product |
cooled thermal imaging systems
ⓘ
infrared cameras ⓘ infrared sensors ⓘ night vision systems ⓘ sensors ⓘ surveillance systems ⓘ thermal imaging cameras ⓘ uncooled thermal imaging cores ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| technology |
cooled infrared detector technology
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infrared imaging technology ⓘ multispectral imaging ⓘ thermal imaging technology ⓘ uncooled microbolometer technology ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
FLIR
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linked to:
FLIR Systems
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FLIR Systems Description of subject: FLIR Systems is a leading American company specializing in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras, sensors, and infrared imaging technologies used in defense, industrial, and commercial applications.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: FLIR Systems
linked to: FLIR Systems
linked to: FLIR Systems