The US Army on 30 March awarded contracts to Endeavor Robotics and QinetiQ North America to competitively develop the service’s 25 lb (11 kg) Common Robotic System (Individual), or CRS(I), unmanned ground vehicle.
“With this award, the army will begin a competition expected to last approximately 10 months to inform which contractor will be selected for the low-rate initial production phase award,” the service said in a 5 April statement.
Endeavor Robotics and QinetiQ North America are to share a USD429 million “hybrid [cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price] contract for two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts” that will have an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of approximately 10 months, according to the Pentagon’s award announcement.
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