QinetiQ's Foster-Miller subsidiary wins new $63.9 million contract for TALON robots

Foster-Miller Inc, a wholly owned QinetiQ subsidiary, has been awarded a new $63.9 million (Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity) contract for TALON robots, operator and technician training and spare parts by the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAVAIR).

The additional TALONs will be deployed with the Joint Robotics Repair Facilities and embedded repair teams operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. This contract follows the award announced by Foster-Miller three weeks ago of an additional $28 million confirmed funding under the previously awarded $257 million NAVSEA contract for TALON EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) robots.

TALON robots are powerful, durable, lightweight tracked vehicles that are widely used for EOD, reconnaissance, communications, sensing, security, defence and rescue. They have all-weather, day/night and amphibious capabilities and can navigate virtually any terrain. Various sensors and components can be easily attached and configured onto the TALON platform making it highly versatile and easy to keep operational in the field.