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BAE Systems Makes Olympian Effort With Tech Innovation

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Friday, February 19th, 2010

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BAE Systems is supporting Great Britain's short track speed skating team at the Olympics and other major championships, after constructing a mounting bracket to increase the mobility and speed of British athletes. The skate innovation, designed to mimic the movement of bone structure in the human leg, improves on current models by reducing the weight of the skate whiles also increasing stiffness and stability to aid control, particularly around corners, the company said. To develop the brackets, BAE engineers used…

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