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Darpa Moves a Step Closer to Its Flying Humvee
In the spring, the futurists at Darpa rethought troop transport. Instead of adding armor or changing the shape to deflect bomb blasts, the agency reasoned, why not let it leap into the sky at the first...
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Darpa’s Flying Humvee Goes Diesel
How do you get a flying Humvee into the air — and keep it aloft for 250 nautical miles? A diesel engine, according to Darpa. The Pentagon futurists are dead-set on creating a Humvee that flies. In...
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Challenge! Darpa Crowdsources New Military Vehicles
Automotive and military enthusiasts! Gearheads and engineers! The Pentagon’s far-out research division wants to put you to the test. There’s cold, hard cash in it for you. Darpa announced today that...
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What’s The Point of Darpa’s ‘Flying Humvee,’ Exactly?
The Pentagon's far-out research branch has approved two designs for a mashed-up truck/plane/helicopter called the Transformer, with prototyping scheduled for 2015. But it's difficult to imagine how...
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