{"id":56175,"date":"2021-12-21T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/maxar-signs-dod-contract-to-build-robotic-arms-for-in-space-servicing-assembly\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:54:54","slug":"maxar-signs-dod-contract-to-build-robotic-arms-for-in-space-servicing-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/maxar-signs-dod-contract-to-build-robotic-arms-for-in-space-servicing-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxar Signs DoD Contract to Build Robotic Arms for In-Space Servicing, Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxar Technologies<\/strong> won a $9.3 million <strong>U.S. Department of Defense<\/strong> contract on Monday that will see the company design and deliver two robotic arms to support in-space assembly and servicing capabilities for the Pentagon\u2019s <strong>Defense Innovation Unit <\/strong>(DIU).&nbsp;Maxar said the contract will also allow them to develop cost-effective robotic arm technology for commercial customers.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the flight-ready robotic arms will be about two meters in length and powered by a single motor, tensioned cable system that transmits torque to any number of joints. The purpose of the design is to reduce system weight and cost.<\/p>\n<p>Maxar will partner with two companies to complete the DIU contract. <strong>Voyager Space<\/strong> subsidiary <strong>Altius Space Machines<\/strong> will provide both its MagTags magnetic latching connector, and a magnetically latching tool changer. Maxar will also partner with <strong>SRI International<\/strong>, which will supply electro-adhesive technology for satellite capture and technical expertise on the robotic arm design.<\/p>\n<p>Maxar\u2019s team in Pasadena, California will take the lead in the robotic arm development process. This is the same Maxar team that delivered six robotic arms for <strong>NASA<\/strong>\u2019s Mars rovers and landers, including the \u201cSample Handling Assembly\u201d robotic arm on the Perseverance rover.<\/p>\n<p>Maxar expects the scope of the work, including testing and delivery, to be completed within three years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxar Technologies won a $9.3 million U.S. Department of Defense contract on Monday that will see the company design and deliver two robotic arms to support in-space assembly and servicing capabilities for the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).&nbsp;Maxar said the contract will also allow them to develop cost-effective robotic arm technology for commercial customers. Each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}