Foster-Miller nets Boat Trap contract

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Qinetiq subsidiary Foster-Miller has been awarded a $1m contract to further develop its advanced Boat Trap system by the United States Department of Defense.

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has been awarded a $1m contract to further develop its advanced Boat Trap system by the United States

Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. The companies will work closely with the

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Designed to bolster US harbour security and protect coastal military bases abroad, Boat Trap is a non lethal, ballistic net that is deployed from a helicopter into the path of a threatening speedboat travelling at high speed. It is designed to entangle the propeller, causing the craft to immediately stop.

According to Qinetiq, port security and ship protection have become a central issue in the war on terror, and recent assessments of US port security have highlighted the risk from terrorists using speedboats as a mode of attack. The attack on USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000 demonstrated the destructive potential of a surface attack and the vulnerability of ships in port.

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