by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2006 | Airbus, Europe - Other, France, India, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia
While recent announcements of stealth investment by Russia’s government have been grabbing the headlines, EADS is quietly making some noteworthy moves elsewhere. On August 29, 2006, CEO Tom Enders highlighted a wide-ranging set of initiatives in India. One was...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2006 | Airbus, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Mergers & Acquisitions, Russia, USA
Speculation has rippled through Europe and beyond since leading Russian business daily Vedemosti reported that Russia’s VneshTorgBank (VTB) has invested around $1 billion to acquire 4.5 – 4.8% of the European Aeronautic Defence & Space Corporation...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Legal, Other Corporation, Robots, USA
iRobot’s Packbot(click to view full) DID has covered iRobot Corp’s PackBot, an explosive ordnance disposal robot with a price tag of around $100,000 that’s being produced as part of the USA’s MTRS program along with QinetiQ’s TALON. Now...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Small Business, USA
M240B & M122 tripod(click to view full) Small business qualifier Universal Technologies Inc. in Estill Springs, TN received a $7.6 million delivery order as part of a $43.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for manufacture, inspection, assembly, packing and...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 7, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Robots, USA
Vanguard Mk2 ROV(click to view full) The USA has led the way in robots for explosives/ordnance disposal, but interest from allies is growing. Now Allen-Vanguard Corp. of Ottawa, Canada has been selected for the Canadian Forces (CF) 5-year “MINI-ROV”...
