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Team Stellar UAV And UGV Win U.K. MoD Grand Challenge

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

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The U.K. Ministry of Defense announced Team Stellar is the winner of the teams competing in the Grand Challenge, the major competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats encountered by U.K. troops on current operations. The Stellar Team comprises Stellar Services Ltd, Blue Bear Systems, Cranfield University, SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Ltd, TRW Conekt, and Marshall Specialist Vehicles. Team Stellar bested the other teams who qualified for the final competition days to win the RJ Mitchell Trophy--named…

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