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  • Research and Markets: 51% CAGR for Exoskeleton Robots Market By 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: 51% CAGR for Exoskeleton Robots Market By 2020

    Research and Markets has predicted a 50-percent compound annual growth rate for the global exoskeleton robots market over a four-year period ending 2020. The market research firm said Friday the market has seen increased commercial sale of exoskeleton robots built for the military and industry beyond the use of the technology for physical rehabilitation. A new Research and Markets report indicated that the […] More

  • ReportsnReports Forecasts Global Robotics Market's 2015-2019 CAGR at 29% - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportsnReports Forecasts Global Robotics Market’s 2015-2019 CAGR at 29%

    A new ReportsnReports study projects the global robotics market to grow 29.11 percent year-over-year from 2015 through 2019. The report predicts the Asia-Pacific region will account for the highest demand for robotic systems as the economic progress in the region leads to industrialization and manufacturing growth trends, ReportsnReports said Friday. The market faces challenges from […] More

  • RE2 to Develop Robotic 'Arms' for UUV Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ops - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RE2 to Develop Robotic ‘Arms’ for UUV Explosive Ordnance Disposal Ops

    RE2 Robotics will build an Underwater Dexterous Manipulation System for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Applications for the Office of Naval Research under a $2.7 million contract. The company said Tuesday DMEA works as “manipulator arms” that provide unmanned underwater vehicles the functionality to dispose of waterborne improvised explosive devices. Jorgen Pedersen, president and CEO of RE2, noted that the […] More

  • MDA to Extend Support for ISS Robotic Servicing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA to Extend Support for ISS Robotic Servicing System

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has received a $25.7 million contract modification from the Canadian space agency to continue its support for the Mobile Servicing System aboard the International Space Station. MDA said Tuesday the modification extends its support through the end of October 2017. The Canada-built Mobile Servicing System is a robotics suite that consists the Canadarm2, Mobile Base System […] More

  • BAE Systems Studies 'Cobotics' for Jet Fighter Manufacture; Cliff Robson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Studies ‘Cobotics’ for Jet Fighter Manufacture; Cliff Robson Comments

    BAE Systems has started to develop robotic systems that will work to assist the human workforce in building future warplanes, The Telegraph reported Saturday. Alan Tovey writes lessons gained from BAE’s history of developing jet fighters contributed to the idea of what the company has dubbed as “cobotics.” Cliff Robson, senior vice president of BAE’s F-35 […] More

  • Elbit Systems' US Arm Forms STEM Scholarship Programs; Raanan Horowitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems’ US Arm Forms STEM Scholarship Programs; Raanan Horowitz Comments

    Elbit Systems of America has formed new scholarship programs in a move to extend the company’s support for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. The Elbit Systems subsidiary said Sunday it partnered with the Army Scholarship Foundation to establish a scholarship for the children and spouses of current and former U.S. Army members to pursue […] More

  • Raytheon Uses Robotics, Racing Car Tech to Develop Airframe for AF Decoys - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Uses Robotics, Racing Car Tech to Develop Airframe for AF Decoys

    Raytheon has worked with industry partners Fokker Technologies and Dallara to utilize robotics and commercial racing technologies to develop a carbon fiber airframe for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy of the U.S. Air Force. The design, which works to slash 25 percent off airframe production costs, will be used for the decoy’s Lot 7 production this year, Raytheon said Tuesday. […] More

  • Gulu Gambhir: Leidos Volunteers to Help Sponsor STEM Robotics Teams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gulu Gambhir: Leidos Volunteers to Help Sponsor STEM Robotics Teams

    Leidos is funding more than 120 teams, providing employee volunteers for coaching and mentoring and sponsoring student competitions across the country to support STEM competitions hosted by nonprofit FIRST. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology organization is hosting its national robotics championship April 23 through April 26 in St. Louis and Leidos […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Supplier Uses Robotics to Build F-35 Tail - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed Supplier Uses Robotics to Build F-35 Tail

    A Lockheed Martin partner has been applying robotics in manufacturing work on components for the F-35 fighter jet, Popular Science reported Thursday. Kelsey Atherton writes Magellan Aerospace, a Toronto-based supplier for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, uses a robotic arm to build tails for the aircraft. The mechanical arm features a milling tool that works […] More