The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has approved Project PELE (Portable Energy for Lasting Effects) – a mobile nuclear microreactor that can be flown to a site by a C-17 cargo plane and […]
The U.S. Army’s Research Laboratory has awarded GE a $5.1 million research and development contract for the Applied Research Collaborative Systematic Turboshaft Electrification Project (ARC-STEP). ARC-STEP seeks to advance hybrid electric engine technology. The project […]
Project Vermeer is a collaborative effort between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the U.S. Naval Research Department to test the use of synthetic kerosene as a fuel source for all platforms – from remotely […]
In the fall of 2021, the Pentagon released its 32-page climate strategy in order to guide the Army in how it responds to climate threats – such as hurricanes, wildfires, heat, drought and floods – […]
Oshkosh Defense has developed a new version of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) – a silent drive, hybrid-electric vehicle, called the eJLTV. The new hybrid-electric eJLTV is based on the JLTV currently in use […]
The US Air Force is working with the carbon transformation company, Twelve to study the feasibility of a process to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into a viable, fossil-free jet fuel called E-Jet. Twelve – in […]
The Department of Defense has released its 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan – a roadmap to ensure it can maintain the ability to operate under increasingly severe climatic events. “More extreme environments may require changes to […]
US Army Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) in Dublin, California is beginning the construction of the first of ten nodes of a Resilient Replicable Modular Microgrid (R2M2). The R2M2 will segregate PRFTA’s camp into […]
The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Department of the Army recently demonstrated a mobile, fast-forming, secure, and intelligent vehicle-centric microgrid (VCM) prototype that provides mobile power for next-generation […]
Schneider Electric and Black & Veatch have completed the installation of a microgrid system at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, California. The microgrid is online, fully operational, and has been […]
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