# UKAEA awards £3M contract to Veolia Nuclear Solutions and Wälischmiller Engineering for robotic arms

The UK Atomic Energy Authority awarded a £3 million contract to Veolia Nuclear Solutions UK and Wälischmiller Engineering to supply robotic manipulator arms for the RACE research facility, part of the LongOps UK-Japan nuclear robotics program.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-04-23
- Where: RACE research facility, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $4.20M (3.00M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: twin-arm haptic manipulators
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [UK Atomic Energy Authority](https://endata.com/companies/15288.md) (customer)
- [Veolia Nuclear Solutions UK](https://endata.com/companies/54667.md) (supplier)
- [Wälischmiller Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/54668.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk](https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/nuclear/first-multimillion-pound-contract-awarded-in-uk-japan-nuclear-deal.html), 2021-04-23: "Veolia Nuclear Solutions UK and Wälischmiller Engineering will receive a share of £3m in funding from the UK Atomic Energy Authority to supply robotic manipulator arms to the RACE research facility."

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