Assistant Secretary of the Navy Visits iRobot.BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass. -- Dr. Delores M. Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. "ASN") is the title given to certain senior officials in the U.S. Department of the Navy. They serve as chief assistants to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). for Research, Development and Acquisition, visited iRobot (Nasdaq:IRBT) headquarters in Burlington, Mass., today to learn more about the company's military robots and see some prototypes and payloads that are being integrated into the robots. Etter (center), along with Roger Smith (left), Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Navy, Littoral littoral /lit·to·ral/ (lit´ah-r'l) pertaining to the shore of a large body of water. littoral pertaining to the shore. and Mine Warfare The strategic, operational, and tactical use of mines and mine countermeasures. Mine warfare is divided into two basic subdivisions: the laying of mines to degrade the enemy's capabilities to wage land, air, and maritime warfare; and the countering of enemy-laid mines to permit friendly Programs, view the iRobot PackBot(R) in action. This photo is available on Business Wire's web site and AP PhotoExpress. A leading developer of behavior-based robots, iRobot has delivered more than 500 PackBot robots worldwide. These robots have performed tens of thousands of missions around the world and are credited with saving scores of soldiers' lives. |
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