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Homeland Security

Navy To Issue Documents for EOD Robotic System

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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

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The Naval Surface Weapons Center, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, in December plans to issue documentation related to an information request for an Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System (AEODRS). The system is expected to be a family of unmanned ground vehicles that will be used by the Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal forces t counter the threat posed by improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance. The AEODRS family is expected to consist of a dismounted operations variant, a tactical variant,…

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