Kris Osborn at Defense News details the latest on the acceleration of iRobot's SUGV with the Army Future Combat Systems. Looks like there is a major power struggle over getting funding for fiscal 2009 and beyond. The Army apparently is shifting $78 million for procurement of SUGV's and micro air vehicles out of fiscal 2008 funds, but it's unclear how much is SUGV's and how much for MAV's.
Some 24 SUGVs are expected to be delivered by mid-year and the question mark is whether the SUGV gets funding for a major ramp-up after that or not.
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