TRW and Hitachi form alliance to pursue space technologies.TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc and Hitachi form alliance to pursue space technologies TRW Inc. and Hitachi Ltd., the Japanese technology company, last week said they had formed a "strategic alliance to jointly pursue opportunities in space systems and related ground systems and technologies." TRW, which is based in Redondo Beach Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , said the two companies will form a management team that will meet periodically to review future space programs, market opportunities and technology requirements. Joint projects could include work on robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions , special mission satellites, spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see and sensor systems for earth observations. In addition, the agreement includes cooperative research and development for future space programs such as on-orbit servicing of satellites. The agreement applies to the Redondo Beach-based space and technology group of TRW, which last year had total sales of $8 billion. In 1990, Hitachi had revenues of $55 billion. |
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