Department of Defense Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems Focus on Missile Defense and Targeting, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Department of Defense Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems Focus on Missile Defense and Targeting, Finds Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Oct. 30, 2012 -- Operational and spending priorities ensure continued improvement of surveillance and weapon systems capability MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Force structure reductions limits the table of equipment expansion. Every military department will be reduced, with ground forces seeing the most significant changes to force structure. The impact caused by all of this will be softened by the purchase of new platforms, along with upgrades and modernization of existing systems. Frost & Sullivan's Aerospace & Defense (www.frost.defense.com) practice finds that Department of Defense (DoD) spending for electro-optical (EO)/infrared systems (IR) totaled $4.58 billion in 2012. These expenditures are estimated to reach $4.79 billion in 2017. To view the video on "DoD Electro-Optical/Infrared Systems," please click here or visit: http://bit.ly/T0f9Ay. If you are interested in more information on this research, please send an email to Jeannette Garcia, Corporate Communications, at jeannette.garcia@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company email address, company website, city, state, and country. Continuing combat operations drives the demand for accurate and responsive sensors to provide surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as targeting data.