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Following on the heels of a $13.5 million deal with the Navy earlier this week, iRobot Corp. has landed $5.1 million from the U.S. Army for its PackBot robot.
Under the order, the eleventh under a $286 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity xBot contract, iRobot will provide 14 PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit robots and spare parts. Spare parts include manipulator arms, cameras and “ruggedized laptops.”
The PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit is intended to be lighter than similar robots. It is used by soldiers and Marines in regions including Iraq and Afghanistan to investigate areas and suspicious objects using cameras and other sensors. Video and information are sent back to the operator through a ruggedized laptop. The contract originated at the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation but has been moved to the Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren, Mich.
Earlier this week, iRobot landed a $13.5 million PackBot deal under which any branch of the military could order up to the full $13.5 million in PackBot Man Transportable Robot Systems (MTRS), parts, accessories, add-ons, configuration management, training and repair services.
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