I've been through a number of mergers with my day job ... some go smoothly ... like Adobe, when I was there we did several mergers and they were all smooth. The inbound people were treated with respect and given their places at the table. At other companies - I've been through mergers where the acquired people were treated like objects to be disgarded ... so it depends on the culture of the acquiring company.
From where I sit, I can't judge the FLIR/Armasight acquisition, but it seems like Trijicon/IRD has a plan and is sticking to it ... IRD is the EO division and seems they are being left alone to do their thing, for now.
It looked like FLIR was trying to integrate the Armasight thermals into their main (civilian) thermal line, but now that the website got reorganized it makes me think they are having second thoughts. Time will tell. But I know a number of people that were lining up for the Q-14Bs ... and they might not wait a year before making a move ... or before even seeing if a move can be made. So it doesn't seem good for Armasight legacy people still at FLIR or for FLIR. But we can't really tell what is happening from out here.
It is clear that Pulsar isn't just watching, they have new products and are leaping in to the void ...
TEO needs some new products and FLIR needs to get "unconfused" and get back in gear. I'd like to see a "Patrol Mk2" ... maybe smaller, lighter and auto focus. With both the Q-14bs off the table and the Q-14 mod 0 discontinued as well as the ATN ODIN discontinued, the number of helmet mountable thermals under $10k is dwindling !!!