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">AERO GIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-cruise-mode-flight/20129/">First flight of X-47B unmanned aircraft demonstrator in cruise mode</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:17 October 11, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-cruise-mode-flight/20129/#comments">11 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-cruise-mode-flight/20129/picture/144635/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-cruise-mode-flight/20129/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/x-47b_flight.jpg" title="The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System flying with its landing gear up during a test flight ..." alt="The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System flying with its landing gear up during a test flight ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Having completed its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-first-flight-the-era-of-the-autonomous-unmanned-combat-plane-approaches/17817/" target="_blank">first flight</a> earlier this year, the Northrop Grumman-built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft achieved another milestone on September 30 with its first flight in cruise mode. Part of the on-going “envelope expansion” program to demonstrate the aircraft’s performance under a variety of altitude, speed and fuel load conditions, the flight took place at Edwards Air Force Base and saw the aircraft retracting its landing gear and flying in cruise configuration for the first time. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/x-47b-cruise-mode-flight/20129/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/aerogizmo/" style="float: left; ">AERO GIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-jsf-vertical-landing-at-sea/20051/">F-35B completes first vertical landing at sea</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/noel-mckeegan/">Noel McKeegan</a></p> <p><em>19:27 October 4, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-jsf-vertical-landing-at-sea/20051/#comments">18 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-jsf-vertical-landing-at-sea/20051/picture/143970/">10 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-jsf-vertical-landing-at-sea/20051/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/f-35b-vertical-landing-at-sea.jpg" title="An F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea (Photo: U.S..." alt="An F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea (Photo: U.S..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/f35-fighter/" target="_blank">JSF</a>) has successfully made its first at-sea vertical landing. With Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk at the controls, the short-take-off-vertical -landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 touched-down on the deck of the USS Wasp on October 3 as part of an initial two week ship-trial period in which the aircraft's take-off and landing capabilities will be evaluated along with its ability to integrate with the ship's flight deck operations. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-jsf-vertical-landing-at-sea/20051/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/aerogizmo/" style="float: left; ">AERO GIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/fire-scout-uav-biofuel/20011/">Fire Scout UAV makes first biofuel-powered flight</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/gizmag-team/">Gizmag Team</a></p> <p><em>23:05 October 2, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/fire-scout-uav-biofuel/20011/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/fire-scout-uav-biofuel/20011/picture/143788/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/fire-scout-uav-biofuel/20011/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/fire-scout-biofuel.jpg" title="The US Navy has successfully flown its MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV on a blend of JP-5 aviation fu..." alt="The US Navy has successfully flown its MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV on a blend of JP-5 aviation fu..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The US Navy has successfully flown its MQ-8B <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5077/" target="_blank">Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle</a> (UAV) on biofuel. The unmanned helicopter became the Navy's first UAV to use biofuel technology when it took-off on Friday over Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland, running on a blend of JP-5 aviation fuel and plant-based camelina. The Navy says that the use of this blend cuts carbon dioxide output by 75 percent when compared to conventional aviation fuel. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/fire-scout-uav-biofuel/20011/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/onthewater/" style="float: left; ">ON THE WATER</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/autonomous-powerbuoy/19593/">Autonomous wave energy PowerBuoy device commences sea trial</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>06:08 August 23, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/autonomous-powerbuoy/19593/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/autonomous-powerbuoy/19593/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/powerbuoy.jpg" title="LEAP Autonomous PowerBuoy deployed off New Jersey (Image: Michael Smith, Rutgers Universit..." alt="LEAP Autonomous PowerBuoy deployed off New Jersey (Image: Michael Smith, Rutgers Universit..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Maritime surveillance and monitoring systems that require remote power at sea often rely on diesel generators that need frequent maintenance and fuel replenishment. Now New Jersey-based wave energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has commenced sea trials of an autonomous wave energy device that provides clean energy for sea-based radar and communications systems in remote ocean locations and in all wave conditions. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/autonomous-powerbuoy/19593/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/military/" style="float: left; ">MILITARY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mk-38-mod-2-tactical-laser-system/19346/">Boeing and BAE team up to develop laser weapon for the U.S. Navy</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:17 July 26, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mk-38-mod-2-tactical-laser-system/19346/#comments">6 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mk-38-mod-2-tactical-laser-system/19346/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/mk38mod2tls.jpg" title="Boeing and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System for..." alt="Boeing and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System for..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Both <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/boeing-us-navy-contract-free-electron-laser/11480/" target="_blank">Boeing</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/bae-systems-anti-pirate-laser/17579/" target="_blank">BAE Systems</a> have been working on laser weapon systems for use at sea for a number of years and now the two companies have teamed up to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System for the U.S. Navy. The system combines both kinetic and directed energy weapons capability by coupling a solid-state high-energy laser weapon module with the Mk 38 Machine Gun System that is already in use on many U.S. Navy vessels. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mk-38-mod-2-tactical-laser-system/19346/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/onthewater/" style="float: left; ">ON THE WATER</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mobile-landing-platform-construction-begins/19114/">Construction of first-of-class Mobile Landing Platform gets underway</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>21:25 July 4, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mobile-landing-platform-construction-begins/19114/#comments">10 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mobile-landing-platform-construction-begins/19114/picture/137233/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mobile-landing-platform-construction-begins/19114/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/mlp.jpg" title="An artist concept of a mobile landing platform (MLP) ship under construction (Image: U.S. ..." alt="An artist concept of a mobile landing platform (MLP) ship under construction (Image: U.S. ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The U.S. Navy has announced that construction has begun on the first of a new class of ship known as the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP). The MLP is designed to serve as a transfer point between large ships and small landing craft and act as a floating base for amphibious operations to allow for equipment and cargo to be delivered from ship to shore when there are no friendly bases available. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/mobile-landing-platform-construction-begins/19114/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/military/" style="float: left; ">MILITARY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/lcits-onr-naval-weapon/18635/">‘Fire-and-forget’ LCITS technology to combat small swarming boat attacks</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:17 May 15, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/lcits-onr-naval-weapon/18635/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/lcits-onr-naval-weapon/18635/picture/134336/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/lcits-onr-naval-weapon/18635/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lcits.jpg" title="Test firing of an LCITS rocket from an AH-1 Cobra helicopter" alt="Test firing of an LCITS rocket from an AH-1 Cobra helicopter"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has unveiled a new weapons technology designed to give helicopters, such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/go/4375/" target="_blank">MH-60</a> and the AH-1 Cobra, the ability to combat the threat of a small boat swarm. The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS) system equips existing unguided Hydra-70, 2.75-inch rockets with a low-cost guidance capability that allows pilots to essentially "fire-and-forget," thereby allowing them to engage multiple, fast attack seaborne targets in a shorter period. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/lcits-onr-naval-weapon/18635/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/military/" style="float: left; ">MILITARY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/navy-solid-state-laser/18359/">U.S. Navy demonstrates solid state laser weapon at sea</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/noel-mckeegan/">Noel McKeegan</a></p> <p><em>21:35 April 10, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/navy-solid-state-laser/18359/#comments">15 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/navy-solid-state-laser/18359/picture/132840/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/navy-solid-state-laser/18359/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/high-energy-laser.jpg" title="ONR successfully disables a small target vessel using a solid-state, high-energy laser (US..." alt="ONR successfully disables a small target vessel using a solid-state, high-energy laser (US..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Solid-state laser weapons are a step closer to operational capability with the U.S. Office of Naval Research (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/onr/" target="_blank">ONR</a>) reporting that it has successfully disabled a small target boat during testing off the Californian coast. Stemming from the Defense Department's Joint High Power Solid State Laser (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5075/" target="_blank">JHPSSL</a>) program, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/northrop+grumman/" target="_blank">Northrop Grumman</a> developed Maritime Laser Demonstrator (MLD) was installed on the deck of the Navy's test ship the USS Paul Foster for the demonstration, making it the first time such a system has been integrated with a ship's radar and navigation system and the first time a high-energy laser has been fired at sea from a moving platform. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/navy-solid-state-laser/18359/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/submarine-technology-stroke-diagnosis/18277/">Head-worn device uses sonar to rapidly diagnose stroke</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/author/steven-hondrogiannis/">Steven Hondrogiannis</a></p> <p><em>23:09 March 31, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/submarine-technology-stroke-diagnosis/18277/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/submarine-technology-stroke-diagnosis/18277/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/submarinebrain-1.jpg" title="A new head-worn device uses sonar for quick detection, diagnosis and monitoring of stroke" alt="A new head-worn device uses sonar for quick detection, diagnosis and monitoring of stroke"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>A team of radiologists and retired US Navy sonar experts have used technology developed for submarines as the basis for a new device which offers quick detection, diagnosis and monitoring of stroke. Combined with a portable laptop based console, the head-worn device enables different types of stroke and brain injury to be discovered and located, differentiating normal blood flow from life threatening conditions and delivering an initial diagnosis in under a couple of minutes. <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/submarine-technology-stroke-diagnosis/18277/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <center class="snap_noshots"> <div class="next_prev"><strong> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/us+navy/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/us+navy/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/us+navy/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/us+navy/2/">Next </a> » </strong></div> </center> <div class="dotsontop">  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124150621/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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