Foster-Miller
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Foster-Miller, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qinetiq, is an American-based military robotics manufacturer. Its two best-known products are its TALON robots and its LAST Armor.
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Company type | Private |
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Founded | 1956 |
Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts |
Products | Military Robotics |
Revenue | US$76,190,000 (2019)[1] |
Parent | Qinetiq |
Subsidiaries | Foster-Miller Technologies[2] |
Website | Foster Miller |
Founded and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, it has offices in Albany, New York,[2] Washington, D.C., and near Boston. Foster-Miller became a wholly owned Independent subsidiary of Qinetiq in 2004. Its parent has signed a special security agreement, allowing it to work independently in sensitive projects for US defense.[3]
Foster-Miller has about 300 members of staff skilled in aeronautical engineering, administration, chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, polymers, polymerization, electromechanical engineering.
Foster-Miller works in the fields of robotics, advanced materials, sensors, custom machinery, medical device design, biopharmaceuticals, C4ISR and transportation. It has been awarded the aerospace quality management standard AS9100 (6 January 2006) and SW-CMM Level 3 software certification (9 February 2006) and ISO 13485 for medical device design and development.