The trailer-mounted radar is a "phased array" type - it scans the sky with a narrow beam which flicks between thousands of locations each second.

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One WindTamer customer is the U.S. Army, which purchased last year a mobile trailer-mounted turbine and renewable energy storage unit containing the Power on Demand system that the military would be able to move around even in battle zones.

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Hood-mounted mirrors have been relocated, the space between the cab and trailer narrowed, and perforated mud flaps tested.

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Ram's heavy duty 2500 and 3500 models come with a rear-facing camera built into the center-mounted brake light behind the cab that can beam images of a trailer or the cargo in the bed into the truck's dashboard screen.

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