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Army scrutinizing stealthy, clean vehicle.


The U.S. Army in conjunction with Quantum Technologies, Irvine, Calif., has developed a speedy off-road vehicle off-road vehicle off nvĂ©hicule m tout-terrain  that is powered by a compressed hydrogen fuel cell and is capable of producing electrical power for surveillance, targeting and communications.

Called the Aggressor AGGRESSOR, crim. law. He who begins, a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words.  Alternative Mobility Vehicle, it offers superior performance to gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by  or diesel powered platforms, is "virtually silent" in its operating modes and boasts a "reduced thermal signature," noted a company spokesman.

He added that the Aggressor is exceptionally clean. It does not "produce any emissions throughout the different operating modes."

The vehicle will be tested at several Army posts during the course of the next six months. Meanwhile, Dennis Wend Wend

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, executive director of the Army's National Automotive Center, suggested the Aggressor stands as a "model for more efficient, high performance stealth stealth

Any military technology intended to make vehicles or missiles nearly invisible to enemy radar or other electronic detection. Research in antidetection technology began soon after radar was invented.
 vehicles through the use of fuel cells and advanced hybrid electric drivetrain technologies."

It is the first fuel cell vehicle produced for the Army.
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Title Annotation:Tech Talk
Author:Williams, Robert H.
Publication:National Defense
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 1, 2005
Words:155
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