Army chooses 20 companies to develop explosives-detection for IEDs hidden in culverts

摘要

U.S. Army bomb-detection and -disposal researchers are choosing 20 companies to compete for future projects involving detecting and neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) hidden in and around roadside culverts. Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Adelphi, Md., announced contracts cumulatively worth as much as $49.5 million to 20 companies representing a cross section of the robotics and sensor industries. The 20 companies receiving contracts are Advanced Reconnaissance Corp. in N.Y.; Applied Research Associates in N.M.; A-T Solutions in Va.; Cy-Phy Works in Mass.; Elbit Systems of America in Texas; L-3 Communication Systems-East in N.J.; NIITEK in Va.; Primal Innovation in Fla.; QinetiQ North America in Va.; Robo-Team NA in Md.; Advanced Technology Systems Co. in Va.; Applied Research Associates in N.M.; iRobot Corp. in Mass.; K2 Solutions in N.C.; Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies L.C. in Orem, Utah; QinetiQ North America in Va.; Robo-Team NA Inc. in Md.; Stolar Research Corp. in N.M.; Science and Engineering Services in Md.; and Pearson Engineering Ltd. in England.