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LandShark UGV
•141 Middlesex rd., suite 4, Tyngsboro, ma 01879 phone: 1.978.703.1236
Brian T. Hart
www.blackirobotics.com
June 1, 2009
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About Black-I Robotics• Black-I makes Unmanned Ground
Vehicles (UGV) since 2005• Affordable Robust Mid-Sized UGVs
(ARMS UGV) • Committed to an open source, open
platform strategy• “Jeep Chassis”
LandShark
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LandShark Series E
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What We’re Doing• TSWG Contract FY08
– Commercial Chassis Production Now– Full System with Arms & Payloads 2QCal09
• Logan Intl. Airport – VBIED Destroyer, Civilian Mkt. T&E Prototype
• Sandia National Labs - x-ray aiming• NAVSEA Dahlgren Wolf Pack – 2 lethal, 2 non-
lethal, radio relay, remote acoustic hailing device
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Applications
Version “D” -- LandShark
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Open Source Modularity Improves Price & Performance
• Open Source JAUS Software allows interchangeable parts
• PC/Tablet Based OCUs allows affordability and upgradability
• Mission Modularity Increases Apps.• Several Missions for the Price of One
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What We’re Doing
• Received “Popular Science 2008 Best of What’s New Award for Security”
• Robotic Trailer for Z-Backscatter X-Ray system for AS&E
• Sarnoff Team for Complex Terrain Mapping with Vision Systems
LandShark Towing AS&E Z-Back Scatter X-Ray Trailer Against
VBIEDs
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LandShark with MREL Aqua Ram Disrupters
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Remote Hailing Device• Landshark D with a Moog
Remote Acoustic Hailing Device attached.
• Navy recon and nonlethal hailing system.
• Drive a fence line, remotely communicate into a village.
• Slider rails allow quick mounting and dismounting of large payloads.
Hybrid Configurable on Fly Electric or Gas/Electric
• All Electric or Hybrid Using Smart Charger
• 8 to 15 Hour Now or in Future
• 8-10 KW Multi-Fuel Gen. with Alternator & Electric Start
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Counter Sniper ExperimentsBoomerang Acoustic Detector &
Laser Veiling
Heavy Modular Arm
• 100lb lift 6 feet• 7800 ft.lbs at
shoulder strength• Half price of
closest competitor• Total modularity• Factory Robotic
Quality Controls Coming Next
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Trailers, Towing, Tillers & Plows
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Marsupial Deployment of Cubic’s Cougar with LandShark E
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IP Protocol Cameras Allow Controlled
Webcasting of Images to Many Viewers
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Black-I Specific
• Product shifting to check points and perimeters and away from military EOD applications
• Targeting DHS and DOE and looking for a play in the private sector
• Targeting Open Sources and Partnering Wherever Possible
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Difficult Environment• Rare Opportunity to Grow by Multiples Yet• Lobbying & Lonely• Political Riptides (PA, MI)• Third World Bus. Practices Within DOD• Problematic Capital Markets
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How Does a Small Company Raise New Capital?
• Traditional Banking
• IPO?
• Traditional Private Equity
• Merger & Acquisition
• Strategic Partnering
VC Investments
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Funds for acquisitions by larger firms
• Acquisition funds are high• Valuations are moderate and financial
leverage in a purchase is low• Is there a public play for a small company
that does a roll up of related and like-minded
Defense Industry Overview
Over the past 10 years, average M&A Valuations have ranged from 7x to 12x LTM EBITDA
Defense valuations peaked from 2005 to 2007
Historical valuation median since 2000 at 8.7x with median activity level is approximately 100 deals per year
LTM period valuations currently at historical median level
Defense Transactions & Valuations
Source: Houlihan Lokey’s proprietary M&A database; Multiples reflect enterprise value to latest twelve months EBITDA prior to deal announcement*Represents LTM as of 4/15/09
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Strategies That Are Working for Black-I
• Cost – Outsource. – Keeping fixed costs low. – Max. Variable Cost/Rev– Publicity over Advertising
• Price– Making products affordable by design
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Strategies That Are Working for Black-I
• Speed– Move faster with today's information not last year’s – Don’t
Wait for the Needs Statement– Partner for speed
• Focused Innovation– Licensing government technology– CRADAs and leveraging government work (NAVSEA)– IP Strategies – Use COTS, Trade Secrets and limited patents– Work the Hill– Riding the up escalator – target technology trends use only
latest tech.– Markets less than 2 years out
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Importance of Small Defense Businesses in War
• Military Warfare– Faster, Better Cheaper are all Small Business
Strengths– Saving DOD from itself.
• Economic Warfare– Avoiding Dead-End Defense Programs– Making/Losing Jobs