miopalmo escribio:
Dos ejemplos de futuros sistemas de pilas de combustible portatiles:
Alguien sabe si alguien en el ejercito español esta usando algun prototipo de pilas de combustible portatiles como generadores de energia?
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SFC delivers portable fuel cells to eight defence ministries
20 November 2006
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Smart Fuel CellFuel cell developer SFC Smart Fuel Cell has announced that it has delivered its latest portable fuel cell product to a total of eight defence ministries chiefly in Europe.
SFC said that the first batch of the portable direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) power generation systems - branded 'Jenny' - has been distributed to the German federal army, along with the defence ministries of Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden Switzerland, South Africa and the UK.
The fuel cell is designed to power remote equipment and applications in the military field, with significant weight savings.
SFC claims that the system can provide the equivalent power of more conventional battery systems with only 20 per cent of the weight.
"The DMFC energy generator system is an ideal solution to one of the most urgent problems of modern soldiers: a reliable supply of electrical power in the field," commented Peter Helbig, head of battery technology and power supplies at the German federal army.
"With the delivery of these units for field tests, this new technology will reach the actual users, the soldiers in the field, for the first time."
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Y para aplicaciones moviles para soldados:
http://www.medisel.com/content.php?id=38
Medis "24/7" Power Pack
The Refuelable Direct Liquid Fuel Cell (DLFC) for Military Applications
"Any technology, anything you work on, must be relevant and ready to field" Michael Quah, member of army Communications-Electronics, Research Development and Engineering Command (CERDEC), from "National Defense" publication, February 2004.
The U.S. Department of Defense has declared a pressing need for lighter and more compact electrical power sources as the modern soldier is increasingly equipped with many new portable electronic devices. As in the civilian market, these devices require stepped-up power sources.
In August 2004, we received an order from General Dynamics to deliver five prototype fuel cell "24/7" power packs and associated cartridges as power sources for 10 prototype tablet computers in support of the United States Department of Defense Wearable Computer Power Program. During the fourth quarter of 2005 we completed delivery under the order.
In October 2005, we received an order from General Dynamics for further research and analysis of our fuel cell "24/7" Power Packs.
On January 31, 2006, we shipped 200 fuel cell "24/7" Power Pack products to General Dynamics for testing in preparation for delivery of commercial units to our customer base. The aim of this program is to determine the products’ response to a broad range of very rigorous tests relating to its ability to meet other military and civilian specifications.
Together with General Dynamics we are also evaluating other military applications where our fuel cells could be valuable.
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y respecto a donde queda la capacidad de un soldado si las nuevas tecnologias fallan, pues ni idea, pero la tecnologia siempre esta avanzando y lo mismo se podria decir a lo largo de la historia de la propia evolucion de "armas de fuego" o aviones o medios de transporte, siempre hay que renovarse, y es practica habitual en los ejercitos.
No en si hecho por los ejercitos, ya que estos se dieron cuenta que es mas barato que compañias privadas se encarguen de que hagamos esto para el ejercito.
Asi que a renovarse tocan,
ayer, hoy y mañana
otro ejemplo de renovacion tecnologica:
Despues de los
DESASTRES (mayuscula y negrita) del merkava en el libano. Como sabreis, el diseño del merkava fue ideado para incrementar la supervivencia de sus tripulaciones.
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Tanks to have missile defense by 2007
Nov. 30, 2006 3:27 | Updated Nov. 30, 2006 7:58
By YAAKOV KATZ
The IDF plans to purchase and install Trophy active protection anti-missile systems on its Merkava tanks by the end of 2007, a high-ranking military officer said Wednesday.
The decision to purchase the systems was made following the war in Lebanon, during which the Armored Crops sustained heavy losses from Hizbullah anti-tank missile squads which damaged 40 Merkava tanks and killed over 30 tank crew members.
Developed by the Rafael Armament Development Authority, the Trophy system creates a hemispheric protected zone around armored vehicles such as the Merkava tank, which operated prominently in Lebanon during the month-long war this past summer. The system is designed to detect and track a threat and counter it with a launched projectile that intercepts the anti-tank missile.
The IDF has asked the Treasury for a budget boost following the war in Lebanon amounting to NIS 10 billion (unos €180 millones). Part of the money, the high-ranking officer said, would be allocated to install active protection systems like the Trophy on IDF tanks.
While the Ground Forces Command led by Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz has decided to procure the Trophy system, it has also asked other Israeli industries, including Israel Military Industries (IMI), to continue with its development of its own original tank missile defense system, called The Iron Fist.
Claimed to be capable of neutralizing all anti-tank threats, including kinetic shells fired by enemy tanks, the Iron Fist is in its final stages of testing according to IMI CEO Avi Felder and would be operational and ready for mass production by the end of 2007, only a few months behind Rafael's Trophy.
The Iron Fist consists of a radar and passive optical system that detect incoming threats and destroy them by using a combustible blast interceptor within a fraction of a second. Unlike the Trophy which fires off a large number of projectiles, the Iron Fist intercepts incoming threats by using a rocket the shape of a mortar that destroys the threat by using a blast effect which crushes its soft components or deflects the missile or kinetic rod in their flight.