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If anyone can help me find out more information on this, I would be greatly appreciative. Around 1948, the United States Navy signed contracts for the development of three prospective naval propulsion reactors. The first two are most well known, being the Westinghouse pressurized light water...

The Wikipedia article on Project Nobska claims that a nuclear powered 500 ton midget submarine and destroyer were proposed at the meeting, as well as a fuel cell powered submarine. Some Norman Friedman books are cited for this, so there might be something to these claims, but I haven't been able...

I was just curious as to what version of Polaris this is. Both articles featuring these pics say they're early Polaris tests. But I've never seen a Polaris like that before. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb275/ http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/7631/dprk-slbm-test

"Adm. Greenert has been in a cruiser tug-of-war with House Seapower chairman Randy Forbes for years. The Navy has 22 aging Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers, whose Aegis radar and targeting system is more powerful than the version on the newer but smaller Arleigh Burke destroyers."...

Thinking that we need a thread for all old (pre-1880s?) projects. Came across HMS Duke of Kent design for a four-deck ship of the line on Reddit. c1809. Never built. Original source http://collections.rmg.co.uk/

http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/02/12/fat-leonard-scandal-more-navy-censures-likely/23257683/ Cash and prostitutes are the most universal currency, huh?

Sorry fellas, no COD Viking conversion. :-( "NAVAIR Details Changes in Navy V-22 Osprey Variant" by Megan Eckstein April 2, 2015 11:15 AM Source: http://news.usni.org/2015/04/02/navair-details-changes-in-navy-v-22-osprey-variant

"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...

"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