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harun

(11,348 posts)
23. The usual suspects, the real bosses
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 04:10 PM
Mar 2016

Lockheed Martin
Boeing
BAE Systems
Raytheon
General Dynamics
Northrop Grumman
Airbus Group

I refuse to believe battery-hype stories until you can actually buy one. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #1
+1 FLPanhandle Mar 2016 #13
Yeah. When Boeing puts them on 787 aircraft and has no problems, then I'll be convinced. /nt NCjack Mar 2016 #16
This, yep. n/t TygrBright Mar 2016 #17
Obviously you're not a mechanic nolabels Mar 2016 #19
So true. A drill that used to be the size of a bread mixer, plus an extra battery, would FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #20
I hope this is true. tommcc99 Mar 2016 #2
VERY COOL! Cosmocat Mar 2016 #3
Wicked cool AxionExcel Mar 2016 #4
Words, words, words. Where is the "beef"? What are the specs on the new ladjf Mar 2016 #5
Director Williams is talking big; I hope she is telling the truth. tabasco Mar 2016 #11
I've heard these types of press releases for years only to be ladjf Mar 2016 #12
Please let this be true! tabasco Mar 2016 #6
No technical details of the breakthrough technology discussed. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #7
NB: Arpa-E was founded in 2009 under Obama’s economic recovery plan AxionExcel Mar 2016 #8
The proof is in the pudding...so to speak... Raster Mar 2016 #9
So, what's it do that's better and grail-like? phantom power Mar 2016 #10
Maybe they've invented a grail-shaped beacon? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #18
clearly some spanking is in order phantom power Mar 2016 #24
"A US government agency" Phlem Mar 2016 #14
So which multinational corporation are they going to hand this technology to corkhead Mar 2016 #15
The usual suspects, the real bosses harun Mar 2016 #23
"Large-scale energy storage" - does that mean for centralized utilities only? Lodestar Mar 2016 #21
"government agency" greymouse Mar 2016 #22
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