Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Counter-IED product heads to Afghanistan

Robotic manipulator arms used to detect and counter improvised explosive devices are being sent to Afghanistan for U.S. military evaluation.

RE2 Inc., a Pennsylvania developer of modular manipulator systems, said 100 of its DS1-MA Manipulator Arms are scheduled for delivery to the California company that makes the Armadillo Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle.

Once integrated, the vehicles will be shipped to the war zone, where the U.S. Department of Defense's will test the manipulator arms.