Foster-Miller Announces Additional $22.8M for TALON Robots and Spares that Combat IEDs
26 September 2006 11:26
WALTHAM, MA, September 26, 2006 - Foster-Miller, Inc., announced today that it has received an additional $22.8 million from the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) in Indian Head, MD, for about 80 more TALON® EOD robots and spare parts. This brings the total funding actually released to $76.4 million against the six-year, $257 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract Foster-Miller announced in September 2005.
"An IDIQ contract allows the government to make rapid additions in funding levels to meet urgent military requirements instead of going through a long procurement process many times a year," Dr. William Ribich, president and CEO, explained. "The Government has requested deliveries of these additional TALON MTRS (man-transportable robotic system) robots to get this lifesaving equipment into the hands of our troops as rapidly as possible."
NAVEODTECHDIV is the single service manager for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and purchases EOD robots for the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines. Countless lives have been saved through the use of these robots, and they are now viewed as essential equipment in the ongoing struggle to defeat IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and save American and Iraqi lives.
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