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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

Green Car Congress

The Commandant of the Marine Crops, General Conway said it best during the Marine Corps energy summit a few weeks ago when he described the fully burdened cost of a gallon of gasoline delivered to a piece of equipment in Afghanistan. The 2009 Naval Energy Forum was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Cars That Think

A Navy unit used a remote-controlled vehicle with a mounted video camera in 2009 to investigate suspicious areas in southern Afghanistan. For example, in 2016, the Defense Science Board —a group of appointed civilian scientists tasked with giving advice to the DOD on technical matters—released a report titled “ Summer Study on Autonomy.”

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