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GD, Mizzou to do Counter-IED Research

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

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General Dynamics [GD] and the University of Missouri-Rolla have received a three-year applied research contract from the Navy Sea Systems Command Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division for Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Researchers at the two organizations will collaborate in the development of solutions for detecting and neutralizing remotely triggered, electronically initiated IEDs. GD and UM-Rolla previously demonstrated a remotely controlled engineering prototype that demonstrated the ability to detect, neutralize and verify disruption of several types of IEDs previously unseen by…

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