Article Posted on : - Jun 20, 2011

Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV).

MASSACHUSETTS (BNS): US Army has awarded a $7.4 million contract to iRobot for the manufacturing of Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV).

The company has scheduled the delivery of the SUGV by June 2011.

SUGV, a tactical mobile robot, gathers situational awareness in dangerous conditions for war-fighters and public safety professionals.

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"SUGV robots give the operator a chance to assess potential threats before sending in personnel," Robert Moses, President of iRobot's Government and Industrial Robots division, said.

iRobot and Boeing are developing the SUGV family of unmanned ground vehicles under a strategic alliance that began in 2007.