Amphibious Assault Vechicles from The US Navy

Weirdest Military Experiments...

| August 1, 2010 | 236 Views | 1 Comment

From bat bombs to cat bombs; pigeon guided missiles to rocket propelled explosive wheels, military armed forces worldwide have conducted some of the craziest experiments known to man. Here’s a list of the 10 craziest military experiments ever Bat Bombs Bat Bombs In the 1940’s the Air Force initiated a program that would strap small explosives to bats and have them fly over enemy...

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Navy Sea Robin Launch Canister System...

| July 20, 2010 | 170 Views |

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will award a contract to Oceaneering for the development of a submerged launch system that would deploy a UAV launch canister from the torpedo tube of a nuclear submarine. The Launch Canister System (LCS), also known as Sea Robin, would shoot to the surface tethered by fiber optic cables. Once afloat, the Sea Robin would deploy the eXperiemental Fuel...

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New Littoral Combat Ships Reach Freeway ...

| March 16, 2010 | 839 Views |

Back in 2003-2004, the Navy awarded several development contracts for a new littoral (close to shore) combat ship (LCS). In 2008, two ships were delivered, and they’ve gone head-to-head ever since. The pair of new ships, the USS Independence and the USS Freedom, both break speed limitations that typically plague ships of a similar size. USS Independence LCS The Independence, built...

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Navy Ships With Shark Skin...

| October 28, 2009 | 770 Views |

The U.S Navy has announced that it will begin coating the hulls of its ships with a bacteria-busting film, Sharklet, designed to inhibit or enhance microorganism growth. The new film, inspired by the rough skin of sharks, is the first no-kill, non-toxic surface developed to control bacteria including Staph a., MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli and others. The Sharket surface,...

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USS New York...

| October 14, 2009 | 956 Views |

The USS New York, a Navy ship built with tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers, began its maiden voyage last Tuesday, down the Mississippi River on route to New York. The USS New York, was built and named to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But the ship means so much more to many, as the workers were tragically hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, during the...

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Non-lethal Solutions To Combat Pirates...

| May 15, 2009 | 2,565 Views |

Over the last year, every source of mass media has been inundated with reports on the pirating off Afric’s coast. The loss suffered from these attacks is phenomenal and has lead some of the worlds largest freight companies like Maersk, to re-route cargo at the costs of millions. Combating the threat of pirates is much more difficult than it may seem. Pirates typically use...

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Navy Gun Turret Weapons...

| March 16, 2009 | 3,511 Views | 1 Comment

A gun turret is as armored rotating platform that protects the crew or weapon, from incoming fire. Gun turrets are often mounted on buildings, anti-naval land batteries, armored vehicles, naval ships or military aircraft, and can be armed with one or more machine guns, automatic cannons, large-caliber guns, or missile launchers. A turret that carries no weapons, only sighting devices,...

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Visby Class Corvette Stealth Warships...

| February 5, 2009 | 3,600 Views | 1 Comment

The Visby is the latest class of stealth corvette warships to be built for the Swedish Navy after the Göteborg and the Stockholm class corvettes. Visby Class Corvette Stealth Warship These stealth corvette warships, designed by Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and built by Kockum AB (a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany), are based upon experiences...

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USS Trayer Disaster Simulator...

| January 16, 2009 | 2,834 Views |

The USS Trayer is the most advanced, realistic and ambitious disaster simulator in the world. Housed inside a new $82 million facility, the 210 foot long replica of an Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer rises above the 90,000-gal. pool of water at Battle Station 21. USS Trayer Naval Simulator Designed to recreate the intense environment of an attack at sea, the $56 million...

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Titanic Search Was Secret Military Cover...

| May 26, 2008 | 7,560 Views | 6 Comments

The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that his mission was used as a cover up story to camouflage the military’s real objective of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines. Dr Bob Ballard who led the team that found the wreck of the Titanic back in 1995, admitted that he was only allowed to search for the sunken luxury cruise liner after he located...

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V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Vertical Short Tak...

| August 3, 2007 | 14,406 Views | 1 Comment

Range, speed and flexibility. Hard rules once defined by the limitations of previous medium-lift helicopters. The V-22 is the world’s first production tilt-rotor combines the vertical performance of a helicopter with the high speed and range of a fixed wing aircraft which offers twice the speed, three times the payload, five times the range, and can fly more than twice as high as...

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Sea Sentinels Protect Ports from Terrori...

| July 11, 2007 | 2,521 Views | 3 Comments

Defense and security has come a long way in recent years, with tragic events like Sept 9/11 the public has seen a sharp increase in security measures worldwide. Now a Florida based start-up dubbed SeaAway (no relation to Segway) has turned their attention to making our ports a lot safer and guarding against terrorist attacks. To security experts, the immense cargo ships that ferry more...

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Military Tribute to Armed Forces...

| July 4, 2007 | 2,033 Views |

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Lockheed Martin – Gibbs Develop Mi...

| May 30, 2007 | 19,115 Views | Comments Off

It is often said that amphibious assaults are the hardest of all military operations to coordinate. High Speed Amphibians enable a transformation of operational maneuvers from the sea to the land like never before. An amphibious operation is a military operation launched from the sea by naval and landing forces embarked in ships or craft involving a landing on a hostile or potentially...

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