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The robotic arms built by the Naval Research Laboratory to be carried on a SpaceLogistics Mission Robotic Vehicle are designed to operate "autonomously" to do "inspection, orbital adjustment, repair and upgrade" missions on spacecraft "that were not designed to be grappled," Bill Vincent, the lab's program manager, told Breaking Defense.
The US government prefers that more expensive hardware be maintained and even developed in space rather than on Earth. Space operations contribute
The White House strategy on in-space assembly, servicing and manufacturing.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the winners of its Space University Research Initiative (SURI) funding programme. Newly-establish