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The trusted HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), or as the troops (and everyone else) understandably calls it, Humvee, is getting a little long in the tooth, having entered service for the first time in 1984.
- Check Out This Military Humvee Duel
Hummer may be gone as a brand of off-road vehicles for civilians, but the off-roader that inspired the H1, H2 and H3, the Humvee, continues to do its job as a default vehicle for the U.S. Army. However, as the AM General M1116 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose...
- New Fed Alpha Is A Troop Carrier With An Eco Conscience
Local Motors' XC2V, which has been selected by DARPA to replace the 27-year old Humvee, isn’t the only ongoing program in the US Army for new vehicles. The US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or...
- [updated] Google's Self-driving Car Involved In California Accident
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated in the title that this was the first accident involving a Google self-driving car. The corrected version reflects a change only in the title of this article. We also posted an updated...
- Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work: Darpa Wants A Roadable Aircraft For The Us Military
The roadable aircraft is nothing new. It’s essentially an airplane with folding wings and four wheels, allowing it to be driven like a car. It’s so old, in fact, that working examples have been in existence since 1949 in the form of the...
- Google’s Latest Killer App Is One Step Closer To The Driverless Car [with Video]
It came from San Francisco Bay. A hybrid killing driving machine with a singular purpose: to destroy mankind to further the cause of safe motoring. A Toyota Prius infused with advanced technology that allows it to kill without remorse drive itself and...
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DARPA Selects XC2V to Replace HUMVEEs [with Video)
The trusted HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), or as the troops (and everyone else) understandably calls it, Humvee, is getting a little long in the tooth, having entered service for the first time in 1984.
So it’s reasonable that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) started looking for a suitable, and more up-to-date replacement with the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle project –or, in civilian-speak, “the first crowd-sourced, military relevant vehicle designâ€.
Read more »- Check Out This Military Humvee Duel
Hummer may be gone as a brand of off-road vehicles for civilians, but the off-roader that inspired the H1, H2 and H3, the Humvee, continues to do its job as a default vehicle for the U.S. Army. However, as the AM General M1116 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose...
- New Fed Alpha Is A Troop Carrier With An Eco Conscience
Local Motors' XC2V, which has been selected by DARPA to replace the 27-year old Humvee, isn’t the only ongoing program in the US Army for new vehicles. The US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or...
- [updated] Google's Self-driving Car Involved In California Accident
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated in the title that this was the first accident involving a Google self-driving car. The corrected version reflects a change only in the title of this article. We also posted an updated...
- Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work: Darpa Wants A Roadable Aircraft For The Us Military
The roadable aircraft is nothing new. It’s essentially an airplane with folding wings and four wheels, allowing it to be driven like a car. It’s so old, in fact, that working examples have been in existence since 1949 in the form of the...
- Google’s Latest Killer App Is One Step Closer To The Driverless Car [with Video]
It came from San Francisco Bay. A hybrid killing driving machine with a singular purpose: to destroy mankind to further the cause of safe motoring. A Toyota Prius infused with advanced technology that allows it to kill without remorse drive itself and...