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LiquidPiston receives $8.2M award to integrate XTS-210 heavy-fueled rotary engine into compact 10 kW genset for US Army

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The authors demonstrated the methodology based on historical data from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report found that the casualty factor for fuel resupply in Afghanistan was 0.042—i.e., 0.042 casualties for every fuel-related resupply convoy or one casualty for every 24 fuel resupply convoys in Afghanistan.

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

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Ishkar, a London-based company that collaborates with NGOs and artisans to create job opportunities for those living in isolated areas of countries often affected by war, recently commissioned him to create a capsule collection with women weavers in Afghanistan. This is Cueillette. You talk to any designer or architect in L.A.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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After several years of research on this topic during my undergraduate education, in 2020 I cofounded the company now known as Safe Pro AI to push the technology forward and make deployment a reality. Afghanistan is still contaminated with many of these mines, left behind more than 40 years ago after the Soviet-Afghan War.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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Marine Corps used the autonomous K-Max helicopters for resupply missions in Afghanistan. With no traffic cops or traffic lights, there often was chaos at major intersections. Things turned around for him in the ninth grade when a new teacher had a particular way of teaching math that “turned the light bulb on in my brain,” he says. “My

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

Plug In India

Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. You need to be alert as trolleys rarely have brake lights. Mehendale kaka started cycling from this point onward, with Imran’s truck keeping him company. The most famous visitors have been the Siberian cranes.

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