by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2011 | DARPA, Design Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Science - Basic Research, Support Functions - Other, T&C - IBM, T&C - SRI, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Johnny 5(click to view full) It’s 2020. A US soldier sits down with a village sheikh, with an unusual robot in tow. The sheikh greets him courteously, respectfully, in flowing Arabic. At the appropriate time, the robot offers the same speech in English. The...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 6, 2011 | Delivery & Task Orders, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA
EA-6B flypast(click to view full) United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT recently received a $16.6 million firm-fixed-price order to repair 13 line items used on the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare fighter’s J-52/JT-8A turbojet...