- Defense Executive
Marine Corps orders buried IED detection units from WM Robots in potential $48.6 million contract
QUANTICO MARINE BASE, Va., 9 Dec. 2010. Explosives-detection experts at WM Robots LLC in Colmar, Pa., will provide the U.S. Marine Corps with as many as 1,300 handheld low-metallic-signature mine detectors for use in the Afghanistan war under terms of a maximum $48.6 million contract announced Wednesday. The contract is for handheld low- and non-metallic buried improvised explosive device (IED) detectors.