With *loads* of Indymedia articles about this fine weapons manufacturer like...
Arms company shut down
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/292127.html
Demos against EDO/MBM this week including verdict of rooftop 5 trial http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/304379.html
Arms company EDO MBM shut down for a day http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/291990.html
Brighton Arms Co in sticky situation http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/303757.html
... one wonders what this company does?
Arms company shut down
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/292127.html Demos against EDO/MBM this week including verdict of rooftop 5 trial
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/304379.html Arms company EDO MBM shut down for a day
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/291990.html Brighton Arms Co in sticky situation
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/303757.html ... one wonders what this company does?
Their website tells us..
"EDO MBM Technology is a proven designer, developer and manufacturer of weapon interfacing (carriage & release) ... Its principle products and services include:
* weapon interfacing design services
* bomb racks / ERUs
* weapon suspension and ancillary systems
* pylon ancillaries
* practice bomb carriers
* precision motors and encoders
* product support services"
[ http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/ ]
All good wholesome stuff there, can't be any problem with that. They are working on parts for the /precision/ guided new Paveway bomb...
"Raytheon Systems, prime contractor on the Royal Air Force’s new Paveway IV precision-guided bomb, has awarded a £6.5 million contract to supply the weapon-to-pylon interface to Brighton, UK-based Edo MBM Technology."
[ http://www.flightdailynews.com/singapore2004/02_26/defence/edo.shtm ]
Cool. And you will be pleased to know they already make components [ http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/wsas.html ] for the excellent Enhanced Paveway and Paveway III which was well deployed in Iraq and you *saw* the precision there. It's been proved too in tests...
"In other words, 100 non-fatigued, un-drugged, test pilots flying in perfect weather with miles of visibility and no distractions perfectly deliver their Paveway [9] III laser-guided bombs (CEP of 8 meters). Fifty percent of those Paveway IIIs will fall within 8 meters of the target. The other half will strike more than 8 meters from the target. Note that CEP is a median not a mean average measurement. Thus, there is no outer bound as in a normal distribution. [10]"
[ http://www.providence.edu/mba/goodrich/war/surgical/ ]
As a good arms company in Europe they have been doing some sterling work on the bargain price Eurofighter project....
"EDO to provide Eurofighter components
"EDO MBM Technology Ltd, a unit of EDO Corporation has been awarded an initial contract worth � million ($2.2 million), with options of �illion ($5.5 million), for the supply of scanning motors and drive electronics on the Eurofighter Typhoon infra-red search and track system, known as PIRATE (Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment.)"
[ http://defence-data.com/eft/eftpage44.htm ]
Keeping a good profile up they sponsored this excellent conference...
"Airborne Strike -- 26th and 27th April 2004 The Hatton, London; Sponsored by: EDO-MBM Technology.
"Expand your understanding of air power`s central contribution to the joint battlespace by attending SMi`s `Airborne Strike` Conference. Not only can modern air power arrive quickly where needed, it has become far more lethal in conventional operations."
[ http://static.highbeam.com/m/m2presswire/february192004/airbornestrike26thand27thapril2004thehattonlondons/ ]
Can't see what the problem is?
"EDO MBM Technology is a proven designer, developer and manufacturer of weapon interfacing (carriage & release) ... Its principle products and services include:
* weapon interfacing design services
* bomb racks / ERUs
* weapon suspension and ancillary systems
* pylon ancillaries
* practice bomb carriers
* precision motors and encoders
* product support services"
[
http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/ ] All good wholesome stuff there, can't be any problem with that. They are working on parts for the /precision/ guided new Paveway bomb...
"Raytheon Systems, prime contractor on the Royal Air Force’s new Paveway IV precision-guided bomb, has awarded a £6.5 million contract to supply the weapon-to-pylon interface to Brighton, UK-based Edo MBM Technology."
[
http://www.flightdailynews.com/singapore2004/02_26/defence/edo.shtm ] Cool. And you will be pleased to know they already make components [
http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/wsas.html ] for the excellent Enhanced Paveway and Paveway III which was well deployed in Iraq and you *saw* the precision there. It's been proved too in tests... "In other words, 100 non-fatigued, un-drugged, test pilots flying in perfect weather with miles of visibility and no distractions perfectly deliver their Paveway [9] III laser-guided bombs (CEP of 8 meters). Fifty percent of those Paveway IIIs will fall within 8 meters of the target. The other half will strike more than 8 meters from the target. Note that CEP is a median not a mean average measurement. Thus, there is no outer bound as in a normal distribution. [10]"
[
http://www.providence.edu/mba/goodrich/war/surgical/ ] As a good arms company in Europe they have been doing some sterling work on the bargain price Eurofighter project....
"EDO to provide Eurofighter components
"EDO MBM Technology Ltd, a unit of EDO Corporation has been awarded an initial contract worth � million ($2.2 million), with options of �illion ($5.5 million), for the supply of scanning motors and drive electronics on the Eurofighter Typhoon infra-red search and track system, known as PIRATE (Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment.)"
[
http://defence-data.com/eft/eftpage44.htm ] Keeping a good profile up they sponsored this excellent conference...
"Airborne Strike -- 26th and 27th April 2004 The Hatton, London; Sponsored by: EDO-MBM Technology.
"Expand your understanding of air power`s central contribution to the joint battlespace by attending SMi`s `Airborne Strike` Conference. Not only can modern air power arrive quickly where needed, it has become far more lethal in conventional operations."
[
http://static.highbeam.com/m/m2presswire/february192004/airbornestrike26thand27thapril2004thehattonlondons/ ] Can't see what the problem is?