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Business/Financial

Cobham Acquires German Firm That Makes Bomb Disposal Robots

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Thursday, January 20th, 2011

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Britain's Cobham plc yesterday said it has acquired Germany's Telerob GmbH, a privately-owned manufacturer of bomb disposal robots and threat response vehicles, for $105 million cash. The ground robots are a first for Cobham in terms of its own production systems as the company currently provides datalinks for robots. Cobham said it will integrate its technology into Telerob's systems, including communications equipment and sensors that it already provides for the explosive ordnance disposal market along with specialty cameras. The company…

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