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WALTHAM, MA, May 31, 2007 – Wholly owned QinetiQ subsidiary Foster-Miller, Inc., announced today that its IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contract from the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office administered by the Naval Air Warfare Training Systems Division (NAVAIR) has been increased from $63.9 million to $150 million to accommodate the purchase of additional TALON® robots and replacement parts for service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military personnel at the Joint Robotic Repair and Fielding Activity (JRFF) “Robot Hospitals” in Iraq are repairing more than 400 bomb-damaged robots a week to put them back into service remotely neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Soldiers, sailors, marines and air force personnel conduct more than 30,000 counter-IED missions per year in Iraq and Afghanistan. Insurgents have been purposely blowing up robots, but they are being repaired and returned to the fight within just four hours. JRFF records show that TALON robots, because of their ruggedness and durability, represent 75 percent of the bomb-damaged robots that are rebuilt and returned to action so the robot hospitals need to be constantly restocked with TALON replacement parts. “We appreciate and admire the commitment of the Robotics Systems Joint Program Office and the service members manning the robot hospitals doing everything humanly possible to make sure our military personnel have robots to send out to investigate and neutralize suspected IEDs,” said Dr. William Ribich, president and CEO of Foster-Miller. About Foster-Miller 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. Visitwww.foster-miller.comfor further information. About QinetiQ North America QinetiQ North America provides world-class technology and responsive solutions to U.S. government customers. More than 5,000 engineers and technologists work in partnership with customers to develop innovative technology solutions to meet the challenges of national defense, homeland security and information access. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, one of the world’s leading defense and security technology companies. For more information, please visitwww.QinetiQ-NA.com.
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