[Milsurplus] Downunder news FYI

[pete williams]

Battery worries at an end  ?--- nearly !?
.  As reported in  Melbourne  press this AM, a local company has
"developed  a tiny , near silent diesel  generator small enough for a
soldier to wear on his belt and powerful enough to run all his
equipment "
A defence dept  grant of A $1.5  M  helps and  company says the
production prototype about a year away.  "The diesel generator is
about the  size of a model aircraft engine, direct fuel injection,
electronic control, multiple valves. ceramic liner,  overhead cams in
a machine weighing less than a kilogram  including fuel and generates
about 25 watts at 7 volts"
Apparently US military in Iraq uses 2 tonnes of batteries a day, each
weighs 1 Kg, and not rechargeable with a cost of US $100.per each.
Sounds just the thing for GPS, night-vision goggles, laser rifle
sight, radio and chemical warefare detector.!
 This writer doesnt hold stock in the  company not in any battery
manufacturer- fortunately!

What's next?
73
Pete VK 3 IZ
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Pete Williams
jupeter@datafast.net.au
METUNG AUSTRALIA 3904