Entrepreneur builds a sleek ship, but will anyone buy it?
Even on land, the Ghost looks futuristic and fast.
Engineering
Dec 21, 2014
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News tagged with navy
Rutherford's secret war mission helped pioneer 'sonar'
Manchester scientist Ernest Rutherford – famed for "splitting the atom" – also deserves better recognition for helping to pioneer a system we now know as sonar as part of a top secret World War One defence project.
Other
Nov 10, 2014
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NREL's work for the US Navy illuminates energy and cost savings
Field demonstrations of newly proven energy efficient technologies are yielding valuable results for the U.S. Navy, helping it meet energy goals. In partnership with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 13, 2014
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Navy transitions global ocean forecast system for public use
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) within the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have entered into a formal agreement that results in NCEP ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2014
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US Navy ready to deploy laser for first time
Some of the Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of "Star Wars," with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds.
Engineering
Feb 17, 2014
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Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs
The U.S. Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2013
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Navy's giant, stealthy new destroyer gets hull wet (Update)
UPDATE: The largest destroyer ever built for the Navy is in the water for the first time—and the stealthy vessel looks unlike any U.S. warship before.
Engineering
Oct 28, 2013
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Navy training, testing may kill whales, dolphins
U.S. Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a result of detonating explosives underwater, according to two environmental ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2013
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NASA, US Navy to test space capsule recovery (Update)
The U.S. Navy and NASA are testing out how they'll recover astronauts once they splash down in the ocean following future missions to deep space, something a Navy crew hasn't had to do in nearly 40 years.
Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2013
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A moving experience: New navy transportation tool takes off
In a significant advance for military transportation, a new web-based tool sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) brings an Expedia-like search capability to Navy planners looking to move personnel or equipment around ...
Engineering
Aug 5, 2013
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