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QinetiQ North America Technology Solutions Group
Corporate Overview
 Since 1956, Foster-Miller has been solving clients'
difficult technical issues through first-class engineering
 In November 2004, we became an independent, wholly
owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America
QNA – TSG is comprised of
the following companies:
 As part of QinetiQ North America – Foster-Miller leads
the Technology Solutions Group of 800 employees:
mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical, nuclear,
aerospace, software and materials engineers as well as
metallurgists, physicists, mathematicians, chemists,
biologists and support staff
 Core expertise spans a range of disciplines:
advanced materials, robotics, electro-magnetics, electric
machines, thermal systems, structures and analysis,
embedded software, diagnostics and sensors.
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Robotics Background in Brief
 Building & delivering robots for over 20 years
 Emphasis on systems working in operational
environments, rather than a factory floor
 Expertise in robots for defense, mining, utility and
construction industries
 Certified in both the Aerospace Quality
Management Standard AS9100B & ISO 9001
quality standards
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 Maintain CMM Level 3 Software Certification
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TALON® Robot
 The leading robot with US EOD and Combat Engineer units in Iraq and
Afghanistan
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More than 2200 TALON® robots delivered to date
TALONs are thought to have defeated over 11,000 IEDs
Used around the world by military and first responder users
Recently Introduced the newest generation of armed robot, MAARS (Modular
Advanced Armed Robotic System)
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System Integration (a few relevant examples)
 Automated work cells to remotely sample,
characterize material composition, ranging from
kilogram samples to sub-gram size
 Specialized equipment and process systems for
US Army’s Chem Demil program (Non-Stockpile
Systems Contract) to address legacy, abandoned
and small quantity chemical warfare materials
 For decades, inspecting and maintaining nuclear
power systems with restricted physical access
We pride ourselves on the ability to build, motivate and
lead diverse technical teams to solve tough problems
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NAVEODTECHDIV Program
Hull UUV Localization System (HULS)
Deliver a robot to provide:
Section of
ship hull
Target
 Optimized sensor search, 100% coverage, verifiable
 Identification-quality imagery (Pd, Pci)
 Target Location Information (CLA)
Searches must be:
 Expedient
 Minimize false detections (Pfa)
 Real-time or near real time data transmission
Relieve divers of in-water
search task.
Use a team solution (eyes &
hands); operator in the loop,
but not at risk.
Hardware must be:
 Robust, Survivable and Maintainable
 Portable and easily deployable
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NAVEODTECHDIV HULS Program
System Description
 SCV (Swimmer Robot):
 Weight: <120 lbs
 Operational depth: 150 feet
 Sabretooth (Crawler Robot):
 Permanent magnets create down force
 Operates below and above waterline
 Capable of towing up to 50 lb vertically
 Operator Control Unit (OCU):
 3rd-Generation OCU design
 IR touch screen display, modular controls
 Modular communications module, Integrated GPS
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NAVEODTECHDIV HULS Program
Concept of Operations - Overview
Combination of systems
allows close up inspection,
complex area search and
implementation of future
neutralization capability
Individual systems are light
weight and simple.
Combined, complex CONOPS
are enabled.
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NAVEODTECHDIV HULS Program
CONOPS
1. Launch from small
boat or dock
2. Vehicle obtains
bottom lock and
navigation
normalization
3. Transits towards area of interest
4. Acquires ship and shifts into
survey mode
5. Broad, first pass survey
of area of interest
6. Real time data
transmitted to operator
via tether
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NAVEODTECHDIV HULS Program
Result of Actions: Data Product & Intervention
 Mosaic generated real-time
 Post mission analysis software identifies and
locates objects of interest (OOI)
 Option to deploy crawler onto ship hull for detailed
inspection of selected objects
 Crawler navigates to OOI, providing up-close
image to operator to identify threat & neutralize
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