More TALON Robots and Spare Parts for US Navy

Foster-Miller, Inc, WALTHAM, Mass: Foster-Miller, Inc., announced today that it has received an additional $26 million from the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) in Indian Head, MD, for 151 more TALON EOD robots and spare parts. This brings the total funding actually released to $109 million against the six-year, $257 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract Foster-Miller initially announced in September 2005. 
 
“The Government has ordered the additional TALON MTRS (man-transportable robotic system) robots as part of its ongoing effort to get this lifesaving equipment into the hands of our soldiers as rapidly as possible,” said Dr. William Ribich, president and CEO of Foster-Miller. “We just shipped them our 1,000th TALON robot at the end of March. Foster-Miller will begin filling the new order for 151 more TALON robots this month and expects to complete the order during the summer.” 
 
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).  
 
Foster-Miller, Inc. is an engineering, manufacturing and technology development firm principally located in suburban Boston, MA on Rte. 95, “America's Technology Highway.” It is certified to Aerospace Quality Management Standard AS9100 and has SW-CMM Level 3 software certification from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Foster- Miller was founded in 1956 by three graduates of MIT who believed there was a need for a company that could solve clients' difficult technical problems through first-class analysis and design. In November 2004, it became an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America Operations LLC.