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Flir's cameras use thermal sensors to capture images five times further away than those able to be seen with bright headlights and flash them on a screen in a car's dashboard.

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Flir's cameras use thermal sensors to capture images five times further away than those able to be seen with bright headlights and flash them on a screen in a car's dashboard.

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Starting in late October, Flir insiders, including Chairman and Chief Executive Earl Lewis, sold 430,000 shares through option exercises as Flir's stock price declined -- "a very bearish signal" that Mr. Moreland calls "selling on weakness."

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Part of what makes that story interesting, as Forbes reported last October, is Flir's products and customer roster.

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For $2,200, buyers of BMW's 5-, 6-, and 7-series vehicles can have Flir's infrared night vision system installed.

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Editor's Note: A previous version of this story mischaracterized Flir's earnings guidance policy.

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While the federal government accounted for one-third of Flir's 2005 sales, the company is always looking beyond that market.

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Rumors of channel stuffing also circulating last April didn't help matters either, particularly given Flir's past accounting scandal back in 2000.

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A momentum player certainly wouldn't appreciate Flir's price chart, but a value investor might.

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Teich argues that the government benefits from Flir's approach, because as the company churns out more products for commercial customers, prices drop.

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