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  1. 08-27-2010, 05:10 PM #1
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    Pentagon Chooses Two Companies to Build Flying Humvee

    Popular Mechanics:
    Exclusive: Pentagon Chooses Two Companies to Build Flying Humvee

    The race to build the world's first flying military jeep just moved a step closer to the finish line. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected two companies to proceed with the next stage of its Transformer, known as TX—a fully automated four-person vehicle that can drive like a car and then take off and fly like an aircraft to avoid roadside bombs. Lockheed Martin and AAI Corp., a unit of Textron Systems, are currently in negotiations with DARPA for the first stage of the Transformer project, several industry sources told Popular Mechanics at a robotics conference here in Denver. DARPA has not announced the official winners yet.
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  2. 08-27-2010, 05:28 PM #2
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    There is a moderate amount of retardation to this idea. Err.... Someone watched GI Joe too much as a kids. Or plays too many video games.
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    Two to one it's operational before the tanker deal is done...
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    Quote Originally Posted by moose135 View Post
    Two to one it's operational before the tanker deal is done...
    i'll take that bet, but this is got to be the dumbest idea ever!
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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