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General Dynamics UK Opens New EDGE UK Facility

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Monday, June 16th, 2014

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The new EDGE UK® facility in Oakdale brings General Dynamics UK [GD], small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and academia together to develop innovative solutions to meet defense customer requirements. The Oakdale facility builds upon the successes of the original EDGE UK that opened in 2008 at the company’s Newbridge site. The EDGE UK has completed over 100 collaborative projects with SMEs and academia in just over 2,000 days--that’s one project every four weeks, the company said. The EDGE was initially…

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