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LCS-2, USS Independance
The U.S. Navy's second Littoral Combat Ship class at its launch ceremony at Austal Shipyard, Mobile Alabama. Photo from Defense Tech
On Land and Sea...
Canada's Secretive JTF-2 Commandos Take to the Sea in an Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RIB) (DND Photo)
Milstar Satellite
Painting by Phillip Weisgerber, from the USAF Art Collection
Counter Missile Tech on the Cheap
Israel's Elbit Industries Hermes 450 ZIK UAV is now being used to destroy Hizbollah missile launchers
High Speed Amphibious Vehicle
Military Quad-Ski, being jointly developed by Lockheed and Gibbs Industries of New Zealand
Tech Flashback
YF-23 Black Widow II Advanced Tactical Fighter. Although its competitor from Lockheed was selected for the ATF program and eventually became the F-22 Raptor, the Black Widow displayed more advanced airframe conceptual thinking for the mid-1980s
Tech Flashback
An Avro Corporation spec sheet detailing concepts for vertical takeoff and landing flying disc platforms
Tech Flashback
What the Hummer Might Have Been the XR311 from FMC Corporation was developed, but never produced, as a replacement for the Jeep in the early 1970s
Tech Flashback
An amphibious Land Rover prototype that never went into production, this model was floated with the use of two floatation bladders