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The Crowd Delivers: DARPA’s XC2V Military Vehicle Arrives On Time
Gizmodo ^ | June 26, 2011 | Gizmodo

Posted on 06/27/2011 4:39:18 AM PDT by James C. Bennett

When Local Motors won DARPA's XC2V private "crowd-sourced" competition about 14 weeks ago, they secured the right to build a prototype that could eventually serve as a next-gen military vehicle for U.S. armed forces. Not a lot of time!

As you can see, however, they delivered. The fruits of their labor are on display above.

Now, while a new kick-ass military vehicle is cool, the true goal of DARPA's competition was to see how much faster a crowd-sourced project could go from concept to prototype than traditional means.

Turns out the answer was "much faster," with Local Motors completing their task before schedule (the 14 weeks). Even if they had completed it exactly on deadline the process would have still been about five times faster than a traditional build.

The beast is named FANG, by the way (Fast Adaptable Next-Generation Ground Combat Vehicle) and it could represent a much more privatized future for the U.S. military.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crowdsourced; darpa; design; military
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To: James C. Bennett

Wow, the radio controller for this must be huge.


21 posted on 06/27/2011 6:11:20 AM PDT by Molon Labbie
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To: Molon Labbie

Molon Labbie wins the thread!


22 posted on 06/27/2011 6:23:44 AM PDT by Grut
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To: tlb
Re-inventing the wheel

ROFLMAO...been YEARS since I heard a reference to MF.

TWO THUBS UP!

23 posted on 06/27/2011 6:29:34 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Forget the Lawyers....first kill the journalists! - Die Ritter, die sagen, nee)
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To: Tainan
I want to see LAZERS!

I want to see it take off and land in the back of a flying C-130.

24 posted on 06/27/2011 6:32:37 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Forget the Lawyers....first kill the journalists! - Die Ritter, die sagen, nee)
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To: James C. Bennett

looks cool, but also a) vulnerable - no armor, b) weak - no weaponry, and c) clumsy - I imagine getting in and otu of it in a hurry, with full gear would be problematic.

may be great for the 4x4 crowd, but I’m not sure I’d like to be in enemy country in that.


25 posted on 06/27/2011 6:40:17 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Uncle Ike

teh origin of the jeep was with Bantam corporation. they ended up with teh contract - to build the TRAILER, not the jeep.


26 posted on 06/27/2011 6:41:24 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: DCBryan1
MUCH better execution of that particular concept:


27 posted on 06/27/2011 6:43:38 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: bill1952

My thought, too. Looks like a silly 20-something concept vehicle designed by people who have never been in combat or experience an IED explosion.


28 posted on 06/27/2011 7:10:14 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: James C. Bennett

Where do you mount the CROWS?


29 posted on 06/27/2011 7:14:24 AM PDT by Little Ray (Best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: James C. Bennett

I will take one with the digital woodland paint job and the Ma Deuce option.


30 posted on 06/27/2011 9:56:33 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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