Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced in 2009 that the United States Navy would get half of its fuel and power from clean, alternate sources by 2020. Noah Shachtman explains why the plan to break with the U.S. fleet’s strict dependence on oil is a long shot.Noah Shachtman...
How many ships were in the Second Fleet?Second Fleet:The Second Fleet was the second group of ships which brought convicts from Great Britain to a penal colony that had been established in what is now Sydney, Australia. The ships of the Second Fleet arrived in Australia in 1790....
Shifting currents: The role of shipbuilders in enhancing naval fleets November 4, 2024 | ArticleAs the global security context changes, government defense budgets are shifting. Shipbuilders could adjust their offerings in response to navies seeking to improve ...
Simulators use sophisticated computer models to replicate a vehicle's capabilities and limitations within a stationary -- and safe -- computer station. Possibly the most well-known of all the simulators in the military are the flight simulators. The Air Force, Army and Navy all use flight ...
Skyvan Commercial: Leading parachutists of many nations have dropped from Skyvan, and they are unanimous that there's not another jump platform like it. Two of the fleet were shot down by the British during the Falklands War. Argentina's surrender in that conflict ended the dictatorship in 19...
While capacitors can be small for some applications, the capacitors found in rail guns are many cubic meters in size. Resistive heating: When an electric current passes through a conductor, it meets resistence in the conductive material -- in this case, the rails. The current excites the rail...
What the Navy is learning from its fight in the Red Sea The surface fleet has shot down scores of attack drones and missiles since October, activity without modern precedent in U.S. Navy history. ByGeoff Ziezulewicz The announcement of the goals comes as U.S. leaders are...
Romney has proposed increasing the Navy to more than 300 ships from the current fleet size of285 ships. A Defense official pointed out today that the Navy's 30 year shipbuilding plan presented to Congress earlier this year will result in 300 ships by 2019. ...
Many things that we think of as man-made are dissipative structures. Governments are dissipative structures. Governments grow and often become too expensive for their citizens to support. The energy governments use is indirectly obtained through the use of taxes. A little of the energy used by th...
This handout photo from the U.S. Navy shows the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn sailing alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Sept. 11, 2024, at an undisclosed location at sea in the Middle East. The Big Horn sustained damage in an incident ...