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Pentagon mulling ‘feasible’ designs for flying Humvee
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| 10/27/11
| Liz Goodwin
Posted on 10/27/2011 4:29:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The high-tech researchers at the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) say they're reviewing two "feasible" designs for a flying Humvee vehicle called the "Transformer."
The tank-like machine is supposed to be able to take off and land vertically. The plan is for it to be operated by a person without flight training--or by no one at all, Aviation Week reports. AAI and Lockheed Martin have each submitted potential designs, in tandem with Piasecki Aircraft. AAI's prototype would weigh 7,500 pounds and combine traditional plane wings with a helicopter rotor on top. Lockheed Martin's design, above, is 500 pounds lighter.
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KEYWORDS: darpa; flying; humvee; pentagon
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They're shooting for a million a pop.
Lockheed Martin and Piasecki Aircraft's design (via Aviation Week)
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:30:25 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
AAI Corporation's design
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:31:15 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Its time to cut military spending then.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:33:21 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(We can't wait! for the end of an error.)
some other potential designs
Here at Aviation Week
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:34:21 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
I can just see Ahnold Swartzennegger and Micheal Douglas managing the first airborn traffic accident on Rodeo Drive in their new toys.
To: omega4179
awwww..
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10/27/2011 4:35:28 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
A lot cheaper than a blackhawk...but a lot less capable and more vulnerable too.
They would be an RPG magnet.
Watching the bomb squad show in Afghanistan is a real eye-opener for what our guys are going through over there in the sand box. We have finally put in the field vehicles that are suited for the IED environment.
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10/27/2011 4:35:55 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: NormsRevenge
Humvee? Looks like a Yugo & Gremlin cross with outrigger wheels.
To: NormsRevenge
BWA-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha is this the DUmmie FUnnies, or the FREEPER Canteen?
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:38:31 PM PDT
by
Calusa
(The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
To: omega4179
Better to put American engineers to work than to simply throw that same money away on welfare cases and getting absolutely nothing in return.
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10/27/2011 4:40:25 PM PDT
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Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
To: NormsRevenge
“According to Aviation Week, the Pentagon hopes each device will cost about $1 million to make once the design plans are finalized. That’s more than a tank costs ....”
Wrong, wrong wrong. Either that, or a meaningless statement (”tank” covers a wide range of armenents).
To: NormsRevenge
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10/27/2011 4:42:11 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: NormsRevenge
I noted that they had to make it DOT legal with the Stability Control suspension (Soccer Mom Law) since it came in under 10K#.
Attention FReepers! - Blast
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:51:51 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Forward With Confidence!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:55:41 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(More rubble, less trouble)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:00:36 PM PDT
by
Washi
To: NormsRevenge
Hmmm, what about auto-gyro combined with vectored fan?
To: NormsRevenge
Ugly as sin but betcha it’s fun to ride.
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:21:37 PM PDT
by
Lady Lucky
(Somebody please hit the reset button on the American experiment.)
To: NormsRevenge
How much noise would it make, anyone know? There’s something so zen about gliders, and so off-putting about whirrr and putt-putt-putt. That thing looks wake-the-dead loud.
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10/27/2011 5:25:53 PM PDT
by
Lady Lucky
(Somebody please hit the reset button on the American experiment.)
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