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'stealth motorcycles' DARPA commissioned could run on nearly any fuel
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 137337" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><em><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #00ff00">These 'stealth motorcycles' DARPA commissioned could run on nearly any fuel</span></span></em></p><p></p><p>Say this for DARPA, it's not shy about picking ominous names for its projects. Or, in this case, not worried when the partners it works with choose them. Pictured above: the "Nightmare" a "stealth bike" developed by LSA Autonomy for DARPA that has just been moved on to the second stage of development, according to <a href="http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/05/look-militarys-new-stealth-bikes/128577/" target="_blank"><em><u>Defense One</u></em></a>. DARPA commissioned both it and another bike from Logos Technologies to meet some specific goals: run quietly on electric power, but also run on whatever fuel a soldier finds in the field.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Research</strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/car-finder" target="_blank"><u>Research</u></a></p><p>Alex Dzwill of Logos told <em>Defense One</em> that its bike, the <a href="http://www.logostech.net/logos-technologies-wins-second-darpa-award-to-continue-development-of-hybrid-electric-military-motorcycle-in-partnership-with-alta-motors/" target="_blank"><u>SilentHawk</u></a>, could run on anything from gasoline to propane to jet fuel:"It will figure it out."</p><p>Both are prototypes for now, but Logos has been touting its SilentHawk concepts for a couple years now. It intends to create a bike that <a href="http://theweek.com/articles/541314/special-forces-are-getting-new-stealth-motorcycle" target="_blank"><u>can reach 55 mph on "rugged terrain"</u></a> with a removable combustion engine and that its electric motor — at least in early prototypes — was to be based on something unique. In 2014, <a href="https://warisboring.com/commandos-new-stealth-bike-has-drone-origins-2c12dd061fe9#.oth78vvhr" target="_blank"><u>Logos told <em>War is Boring</em></u></a> that “Our hybrid-electric propulsion system has already been proven on a prior aircraft program.”</p><p></p><p>Both prototypes were shown at the <a href="http://www.sofic.org/Pages/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><u>Special Operations Forces Industry Conference</u></a> in Tampa. To a layperson, that conference is to war as CES is to consumer electronics. If you want to see soldiers doing soldier things in a major American city, you can find more terrifying things than these bikes on <a href="https://twitter.com/NDIAtoday" target="_blank"><u>their Twitter account</u></a> and at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOFIC?src=hash" target="_blank"><u>this hashtag</u></a>. Just one example, which to be clear is just a demonstration, is below.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 137337, member: 13"] [I][SIZE=7][COLOR=#00ff00]These 'stealth motorcycles' DARPA commissioned could run on nearly any fuel[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] Say this for DARPA, it's not shy about picking ominous names for its projects. Or, in this case, not worried when the partners it works with choose them. Pictured above: the "Nightmare" a "stealth bike" developed by LSA Autonomy for DARPA that has just been moved on to the second stage of development, according to [URL='http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/05/look-militarys-new-stealth-bikes/128577/'][I][U]Defense One[/U][/I][/URL]. DARPA commissioned both it and another bike from Logos Technologies to meet some specific goals: run quietly on electric power, but also run on whatever fuel a soldier finds in the field. [SIZE=5][B]Research[/B][/SIZE] [URL='http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/car-finder'][U]Research[/U][/URL] Alex Dzwill of Logos told [I]Defense One[/I] that its bike, the [URL='http://www.logostech.net/logos-technologies-wins-second-darpa-award-to-continue-development-of-hybrid-electric-military-motorcycle-in-partnership-with-alta-motors/'][U]SilentHawk[/U][/URL], could run on anything from gasoline to propane to jet fuel:"It will figure it out." Both are prototypes for now, but Logos has been touting its SilentHawk concepts for a couple years now. It intends to create a bike that [URL='http://theweek.com/articles/541314/special-forces-are-getting-new-stealth-motorcycle'][U]can reach 55 mph on "rugged terrain"[/U][/URL] with a removable combustion engine and that its electric motor — at least in early prototypes — was to be based on something unique. In 2014, [URL='https://warisboring.com/commandos-new-stealth-bike-has-drone-origins-2c12dd061fe9#.oth78vvhr'][U]Logos told [I]War is Boring[/I][/U][/URL] that “Our hybrid-electric propulsion system has already been proven on a prior aircraft program.” Both prototypes were shown at the [URL='http://www.sofic.org/Pages/Default.aspx'][U]Special Operations Forces Industry Conference[/U][/URL] in Tampa. To a layperson, that conference is to war as CES is to consumer electronics. If you want to see soldiers doing soldier things in a major American city, you can find more terrifying things than these bikes on [URL='https://twitter.com/NDIAtoday'][U]their Twitter account[/U][/URL] and at [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOFIC?src=hash'][U]this hashtag[/U][/URL]. Just one example, which to be clear is just a demonstration, is below. [/QUOTE]
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