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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
M900A2? -
Nuclear Reactors in Space: For or Against?
Ramlaen replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/darpa-nasa_draco_nonreimbursable_interagency_agreement_final_2023-01-11_.pdf -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
The MPF does not bring an Abrams level logistic tail, they are not going to "light infantry" brigades and the US Army does not have a programmable 120mm HE in service yet. -
Nuclear Reactors in Space: For or Against?
Ramlaen replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
https://www.ga.com/ga-completes-draco-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-system-design-and-test-milestone "SAN DIEGO - 07 Nov 2022 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has completed major milestones for the Track A, Phase 1 Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Under contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), GA-EMS delivered a baseline design of a DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor and engine and successfully tested key components of the nuclear reactor, including the vitally important high-temperature fuel elements in prototypic conditions at the NASA Nuclear Thermal Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES). The NTP system is intended to allow a nuclear thermal rocket to operate in cislunar space, the region between the Earth and the Moon. “We have leveraged our expertise in nuclear and space system technologies to design an NTP system and test the vital components of that system to confirm they will withstand the relevant design conditions,” stated Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “Unlike electric and chemical propulsion technologies in use today, NTP propulsive capabilities can achieve two to three times the propellant mass efficiency, which is critically important for cislunar missions.” “The cislunar space domain is essential to our national defense, modern commerce, and scientific discovery. As opportunities in cislunar space continue to expand, more innovative propulsion technologies to access space are increasingly necessary,” said Dr. Christina Back, vice president of Nuclear Technologies and Materials at GA-EMS." -
The Space Exploration Achievements Thread
Ramlaen replied to Sturgeon's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
NASA awarding NIAC seed money. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-experimental-space-technology-concepts-for-initial-study A lot of propulsion concepts. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Doubtful considering it wasn't a requirement. If the Army didn't want one the whole time and BAE didn't bother to find out it would be a huge blunder on their part. -
General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.
Ramlaen replied to LoooSeR's topic in Mechanized Warfare
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
I'm not sure where that graphic is from so I am hesitant to trust the 38 ton figure you see floating around since it originated from a Warrior Maven article. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
So it is an 800hp engine, still looking for a hard weight figure. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
https://9gag.com/gag/aL1jb4v Video of the MPF on display. -
Poland really is buying a lot of new tanks.
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I assume Ajax is still sticking with the 40CT?
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/a-real-life-lego-tank-bae-touts-modular-design-for-army-omfv/ -
The Space Exploration Achievements Thread
Ramlaen replied to Sturgeon's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
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Nuclear Reactors in Space: For or Against?
Ramlaen replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
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The Space Exploration Achievements Thread
Ramlaen replied to Sturgeon's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Ah this clarifies that the cage you sometimes see is in fact a wire guard. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Yeah it's an individual country equipment thing, US JLTV use the Driver Vision Enhancer from Leonardo DRS. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
Ramlaen replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Might be the unmanned turret that was funded by that NDAA. -
The Space Exploration Achievements Thread
Ramlaen replied to Sturgeon's topic in Elon Musk: Making Space Great Again
lol it basically means Mercury has not quite rounded itself, its gravity is not strong enough to overcome the rigidity of the material it is composed of