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MDA JOINS LOCKHEED MARTIN AND GENERAL MOTORS ON NEXT GENERATION LUNAR ROVER DEVELOPMENT
MDA JOINS LOCKHEED MARTIN AND GENERAL MOTORS ON NEXT GENERATION LUNAR ROVER DEVELOPMENT ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n MDA JOINS LOCKHEED MARTIN AND GENERAL MOTORS ON NEXT GENERATION LUNAR ROVER DEVELOPMENT\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Lockheed Martin/General Motors vehicles to be equipped with MDA robotic arm\n \n \n \n \n \n BRAMPTON, ON\n \n &\n \n COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.\n \n \n ,\n \n \n April 5, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced that it is working with Lockheed Martin and General Motors to integrate MDA's commercial robotic arm technology on their planned human-rated lunar mobility vehicles.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The addition of MDA to the industrial lunar vehicle development team follows the\n \n announcement of a teaming agreement\n \n by Lockheed Martin and General Motors in 2021.\n \n \n \"We are thrilled to be collaborating with industry stalwarts Lockheed Martin and General Motors on this first-of-its-kind initiative to equip their lunar rovers with commercial robotic arms from MDA,\" said\n \n Mike Greenley\n \n , CEO of MDA. \"We believe this collaboration will enable all three companies to continue to define the art of the possible, push the boundaries of space innovation, and provide the world's astronauts with the technology they need to reach further than they ever have before.\"\n \n \n NASA's\n \n Artemis\n \n program is scheduled to send humans back to the surface of the Moon in 2025 where they will explore and conduct scientific experiments\n \n using a variety of vehicles\n \n . The rovers would be permanently stationed on the surface of the Moon where they would be available for use by private and space agency astronauts.\n \n \n \"The Lunar Mobility Vehicle enables exploration of the surface of the Moon in multiple scales and in unprecedented fashion, both for human and robotic exploration and utilization,\" said\n \n Kirk Shireman\n \n , vice president of Lunar Exploration Campaigns at Lockheed Martin Space. \"Bringing o...