Navy doubles Foster-Miller's robot contract

Foster-Miller Inc. of Waltham said one of its military contract for building Talon robots designed to neutralize roadside bomb threats in Iraq and Afghanistan has been more than doubled.

Foster-Miller, an engineering, manufacturing, and technology development firm, said the contract administered by the Naval Air Warfare Training Systems Division has been increased from $63.9 million to $150 million to accommodate the purchase of additional robots and replacement parts.

The company noted that war zone "Robot Hospitals" are repairing more than 400 bomb-damaged robots a week to put them back into service.

Foster-Miller is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America Operations LLC.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)