Air Force Seeks Sleepless Lights
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No more "go pills": The military wants special lights to keep pilots awake. Otherwise, the brass will just breed the need to sleep out of 'em. In Danger Room.
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The Defence Department said on Thursday it would field questions from the public about a $1 million (495,000 pound) contest to build a lightweight, wearable battery power system for U.S. forces.
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Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.
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The military needs the power to run electronic gear such as radios, night vision goggles and satellite-navigation tools.
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. -- It was so quiet out in the country, the officers didn't want to make a sound. Lying in the woods, huddled in sleeping bags, they couldn't use their cars or even turn on a light.
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Having trouble falling asleep? Mattresses promoting technology developed by NASA may help.
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The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5191 crashed had only two hours of sleep before starting work on the overnight shift, a federal investigator said Wednesday.
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On Saturday evening, it's "Lights out San Francisco," where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness of light pollution and the energy wasted by lights left on.
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When the alarm goes from warm to wild, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service calls in the Air Force Reserve for assistance in fighting fires.  Under a unique arrangement codified by law, the U.S.D.A.
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By JILL SCHENSUL, STAFF WRITER OK, so maybe I was blind as a bat without my glasses on. Maybe I wasn't in military-grade health and could burst into status asthmaticus at any time. And, no, I haven't logged 1,000 hours behind the controls of a jet fighter.
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ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland  - "Peace Through Light." That's the slogan of a Boeing Co. jumbo jet built to zap ballistic missiles shortly after they lift off, using laser rayguns.
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BLOOMINGTON -- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... space shuttle? When Mary Milliman went out to her deck at Lake Bloomington Tuesday night, she was surprised to see two bright lights in the night sky.
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Independent assessments of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib should lay to rest White House attempts to limit blame to a few bad apples on the night shift.
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If you've ever had a portable computer shut down because the battery went dead, you should know the Air Force shares your problem. And it's trying to solve it, too.
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A laser designed for military use is close to hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon.
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Air traffic controllers said Friday they will be forced to work even when they're tired after the Federal Aviation Administration imposes a new contract this weekend.
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Milk floats of death to drop behind enemy lines The US Air Force (USAF) is trialling battery-powered off-road vehicles for use by its special-forces ground units, according to reports - and you can buy one yourself for just $100,000 plus shipping.â¦