Water cannons and thermal imagery systems are in place in a bid to defend against potential pirate attacks.
Technologies being tested in the program include advanced guidance, navigation and control, thermal protection systems, avionics, high temperature structures and seals, conformal reusable insulation, lightweight electromechanical flight systems, and autonomous orbital flight, reentry and landing.
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Under Wood Dana would build three things: drivelines (which transfer power from the transmission to the axles), sealing systems (which reduce oil consumption and emissions) and thermal-management systems (which control temperatures in batteries and other components).
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From the perspective of displacing fossil-fuel use, solar thermal water heater systems are even more advantageous.
"Our thermal- management systems are orders of magnitude more sophisticated than what they use in laptops, " says Alan Mumby, who runs the company's battery program.
In fact, some models produced by the American car manufacturer Cadillac already have limited night vision systems using thermal imaging, but they require the driver to look away at a separate display.
His suggestion would be to reconsider some of the previously discarded options, with preference towards more modern thermal treatment processes, or systems of pre-treating the waste and creating fuel from it.
While the facility would only operate at full capacity for 12 hours a day, the technology is designed to work without water, which is often used in cooling systems for solar thermal plants and is a precious commodity in Arizona.
In general, the solar thermal has greater flexibility when used with co-generation systems, such as combining production of power and thermal for desalination or absorption cooling.
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Among its offerings: thermal imaging devices, combat display workstations, air combat training systems and logistics support services.
Some players like the DRS Technologies unit of Italian giant Finmeccanica are extremely skilled at thermal imaging, while others like the Electronic Solutions unit of BAE Systems Inc. have unsurpassed expertise in infrared countermeasures.
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Utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) systems that produce electricity using lenses or mirrors to focus radiation on thermal collectors or photovoltaic cells draw criticism from environmental groups for taking up too much desert land, thus displacing certain animal and reptile species.
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Solar thermal heat is ideal as an auxiliary system to existing furnaces and hot water systems -your furnace or water heater operates exactly the same as it always has, coming on and running in response to thermostat settings to keep your house or water heated to the thermostat setting.
His family's Pittie Enterprises group has tied up with two U.S. firms, SunPower Corp. to make and market cells, and American Sunco to develop tracking systems which ensure maximum sunlight for the U.S. partner's solar thermal and photovoltaic modules.
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