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"Navy Conducting Alternative Carrier Study" by Sam LaGrone March 23, 2015 10:09 AM Source: http://news.usni.org/2015/03/23/navy-conducting-alternative-carrier-study

High-resolution interactive megapixel satellite imaging of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the adjacent reclamation center ('boneyard'). +/- for zoom, arrow keys for navigation, etc. See if you can spot the Lockheed D-21 drones, F-105 Wild Weasel and other Cold War goodies. Click HERE. If...

"China submarines outnumber U.S. fleet: U.S. admiral" Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-submarines-outnumber-u-fleet-u-admiral-231854613--finance.html

Greetings All - I have been scanning a fairly large collection of Radioplane/Northrop Ventura photos, documents and drawings of various drones. The KD2R-5 was initially developed and produced as a out of eye sight version of the KD2R-4 line of sight drone. With the failure of the DASH...

This thing looks like a modern re-interpretation of the WWII Mulberry Harbor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour In this case, the harbor can go wherever you go and doesn't tie you to a politically undesirable piece of land or force you to defend your supplies (from hungry mobs)...

I have mentioned this before and still have not tracked down my copy for the description but in a 60s novel called "North Cape" by Joe Poyer about a US spyplane mission over the Soviet Union (ripped off a bit by the later Fireflash novels) the US recovery ship is a Nuclear Battlecruiser (BCGN)...

"Textron Starts Work on New Navy Hovercraft" By: Sam LaGrone Published: November 18, 2014 7:58 AM • Updated: November 18, 2014 7:58 AM Source: http://news.usni.org/2014/11/18/textron-starts-work-new-navy-hovercraft

Published on Oct 30, 2014 BLACK HAWK helicopters continue to be the work horse for the U.S. Army. Forty military and civil organizations around the world use this helicopter or one of its derivative models. View: http://youtu.be/BBk1sTWPKI8

Chaparral 2000/Roadrunner/Advanced Chaparral/Chaparral Chassis Service Life Extension Program (CCSLEP)/LAV MPLS (MultiPurpose Launcher System)/Chapfire /1/ 1999 report by "Forecast International" Chaparral III?. Loral, along with other companies, was trying to interest the US Army and other...

This was originally a private project, that came to be tested by the USN & Grumman Corporation. Though promising, adoption by the Navy & further development was curtailed by circumstances (including a 'pushy lawyer'!). http://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-flying-ships-1635342213/+TylerRogoway...

Hi! Japan and the US have agreed to launch joint research on high-speed trimaran. The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 4 March that it had signed a preliminary agreement on joint research into a high-speed trimaran with the Pentagon. The announcement followed the signing of a...

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-navys-most-vital-and-secretive-submarine-base-is-in-1590794426/+mattnovak In the 3rd or 4th picture there appears to be an SSN with an add looking sail, anyone know what this is? There have been pictures of heavily modified Virginias?

Building a Giant Tube for the US Navy: Part of a $22M Project By Associated Press | May 11, 2014 NEWPORT, R.I.—Inside the “launcher laboratory” at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, underneath a large hatch, stands a tube 30 feet high. Eventually the 15-by-15-foot hatch will open and a crane...

;D U.S. Navy creates ‘game-changing’ jet fuel from seawater [VIDEO] 5:59 PM 04/07/2014 The U.S. Navy has developed a new process for generating jet fuel out of ordinary seawater — thanks to technology that could be widely deployed in as little as a decade. Described as a “game-changer” by...

Hi! Private design FLAUNT. She carries 6 VTOL fighters. Gross weight 775ton, Length : 105m. A flying carrier. ;D Source : American magazine "Proceedings April, 1985" スキージャンプ : Ski jump

On pg. 86 of Pentagon Paradox there is a quote," 1983 IOC fighter that would fly Mach 4.5 with a dash speed of Mach 6." If the Reformers hate it, I like it. Anyone know more about this?

Does anyone know what this system is? Does not appear to be N-LOS or systems previously explored for LCS that I am aware of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32dzSO0u3FQ

http://www.navyhistory.org/2014/01/remembering-admiral-kinnaird-mckee/ Note that the above excerpt implies that the X-1 was, at least briefly, a commissioned vessel. Attached photos via wikimapia.org.

Artist's impression of Ohio Replacement Submarine (formerly the SSBN-X Future Follow-on Submarine) released on Sept. 6, 2012. Ohio Replacement submarine details November 1, 2012. Source: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/HomePagePictures/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=131...