The Boston Globe broke the story yesterday that the Army has canceled its $280 million contract with Robotic FX for 3,000 robots and 1,000 spares (4,000 robots total at roughly $70,000 each.) The Globe story is very short on information, other than citing the Army procurement official as citing "peripheral complications" as the reason for canceling the contract. (Perhaps something to do with Jameel Ahed's Dumpster diving?)
Note that the same Army official said previously in a communication with the court that she would award the contract to the next highest bidder, iRobot and its PackBot, if Robotic FX's contract was canceled. It's unclear when, or if, that will happen, but presumably it would be quickly, unless the Army decides to go in a different direction.
But it certainly appears that Jameel Ahed will now have a very hard time profiting on his attempted sale of his company to a major military contractor. Maybe he will have to go into dentistry with his father? Or DeLorean mechanic.
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