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Cutting consumptions of fossil fuels would not only clean the air and help meet climate change goals but also cut energy costs by lowering demand, improve American Energy independence and address the nation's trade imbalance. A company with a factory in Simi Valley, AeroVironment, Inc., has been particulary successful with energy-related innovations.
The SOCOM contract is the first program of record for the Puma UAS the sixth hand-launched AeroVironment vehicle to make its debut. It will also become the fourth AeroVironment system to enter operational service with the US military, following the Dragon Eye, Raven and Wasp designs.
The hand-launched Puma AE's most significant innovation is that it can land on both land and water, surviving near-vertical "deep stall" final approaches. In addition to the obvious special forces scenarios like river infiltrations, the ability to land on water and in very tight areas on land means that Puma can also be used from boats and ships, without vessel modifications for landing systems or vehicle storage.
Seeking to reduce energy costs and to protect the environment, companies are exploring 'green" manufacturing practices and sustainable/renewable packaging applications.
The smallest aircraft in the National Guard's aviation fleet, the RQ-11 Raven, displayed huge potential as one of the National Guard's newest damage assessment and reconnaissance tools during the 2008 Vigilant Guard emergency preparedness exercise.
Wind turbines - 20 of them - stretch regally across the parapet of the roof of the three-story Logan Office Center in a demonstration project expected to provide about 2 percent of the building's monthly energy use, about the equivalent of power required for 10 to 12 single-family homes.
The hundreds of drones cruising over Iraq and Afghanistan have changed war forever. The UAV is the "smart bomb" of the Iraq War, the latest turn in the unending offense-defense spiral that characterizes the history of warfare. Army units searching and fighting house-to-house are using hundreds of drones, some of them as small as a model airplane (the Raven), to track enemy movements.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have changed the face of war. The RQ-11 Raven is the lightest and smallest of the lot-weighing 4.2 pounds and boasting a wingspan of 4.5 feet. The Raven has become a popular way of tracking insurgents planting IEDs in Iraq.
The U.S. Army's Raven UAV (RQ-11A) flew 150,000 hours of combat missions last year (mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan), and nearly 300,000 hours are expected this year. So far, over 9,000 Ravens have been delivered or are on order. So successful has the Raven been, that the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps have adopted it (in place of similar UAVs they had been using).
Working Sustainably: Institute Moves into New Offices The wind turbines are turning, the construction fencing has come down, and the last traces of debris are being swept away. Monday, March 17, 2008, marked the first day of business for the Global Institute of Sustainability and the School of Sustainability at their new location in Tempe, Arizona.
