Air Force Tests Synthetic Fuel
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Successful cold-weather tests in North Dakota of a synthetic fuel blend that could be made from coal or natural gas shows the Air Force a way to wean itself from foreign crude. By the Associated Press.
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With the wind chill making it seem like 40 below zero, Lt. Col. Daniel Millman said the Air Force picked the right place to test a new fuel.
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Ethanol is the currently the star of biofuels but new mandates will spur development of synthetic biofuels that mimic fossil fuels, says policy analyst.
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The U.S. military said it is testing a system to beam red and green lasers at aircraft in the Washington area as a warning when they enter restricted airspace.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret nuclear fuel experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years ago, the country's science agency said Thursday.
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The military looks into cutting its heavy dependence on fossil fuels by launching a space-based energy system.
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The Army and General Motors Corp. are collaborating to help the military learn more about the uses of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, a potential aid for soldiers on future battlefields.
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The Air Force&#39;s dummy 6.7-ton satellite rode Boeing&#39;s Decatur-made Delta IV Heavy into the wrong orbit last week, but the test proved the new rocket is capable of being the workhorse of the future.
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By Bob Cox, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 10--The fleet of 54 V-22 Osprey aircraft used by the Marines and Air Force was grounded this week after a faulty computer chip was discovered in flight-control computers.
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An experimental jet engine has been  successfully tested at speeds of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles)  per hour, or 10 times the speed of sound, during trials in  Australia's outback, defense scientists said on Friday.
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U.S. Army researchers say cutting-edge energy technologies are integral to meeting the needs of today's soldiers.
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Does access to fuel ease nations toward nuclear weapons? Rising demand has nonproliferation experts unsettled.
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The US military was investigating Thursday a National Guard F-16 fighter jet that fired 25 rounds through a New Jersey school. The rounds were fired on a nighttime training
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In a step toward creation of a weapon to shoot down ballistic missiles, a laser designed to be mounted in a jet was test-fired for the first time at Edwards Air Force Base.
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The government has found traces of a rocket fuel chemical in organic milk in Maryland, green leaf lettuce grown in Arizona and bottled spring water from Texas and California. What's not clear is the significance of the data, collected by the Food and Drug Administration through Aug. 19.
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The U.S. Air Force on Monday issued   a draft request for proposals in a long-awaited   multibillion-dollar competition to replace its aging aerial   refueling tankers over the next 30 to 40 years.
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The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.