• DARPA + Croudsourcing = Quickly-Made On-Budget Kick-Ass Combat Support Vehicle
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This better be in the GTA V it would be tons of fun to ride around in an indestructible buggy. [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=aznz888;30764174]Privatized military contracts look like the way to go, honestly. Big corporate military contracts just don't seem to work, and the people who are in it are only in it for the money they get by holding off design/production and getting more loans. I mean shit, DARPA has managed to accomplish fuckloads more than most American research and development agencies have in the last 10 years.[/QUOTE] Maybe we should to a smaller company next time to design a new aircraft for us.
[QUOTE=Pace.;30759846]How come we hear of successful developments from DARPA than pretty much any other innovating company/organisation ever?[/QUOTE] They're DARPA! They're the goddamned mad scientist division of the U.S. military! They're the guys that watch a Sci-Fi movie, then recreate it in their labs just because they can. They read Marvel and D.C. Comics, then laugh at guys like Lex Luthor and Doctor Doom because the shit they have is better. [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] By the way, I want one. I don't care how much money it costs, I want one of these things.
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30764320]They're DARPA! They're the goddamned mad scientist division of the U.S. military! They're the guys that watch a Sci-Fi movie, then recreate it in their labs just because they can. They read Marvel and D.C. Comics, then laugh at guys like Lex Luthor and Doctor Doom because the shit they have is better. [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] By the way, I want one. I don't care how much money it costs, I want one of these things.[/QUOTE] The only mad scientists that have them beat? Dr.Weird....and that's because no one wants to do what he's doing!
[QUOTE=Swilly;30764256]This better be in the GTA V it would be tons of fun to ride around in an indestructible buggy. [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] Maybe we should to a smaller company next time to design a new aircraft for us.[/QUOTE] Imagine the hilarity when it out-performs a commercial aircraft or even military in terms of cost [I]AND[/I] efficiency.
I can fap to this.
We wouldn't have this if we weren't in a war right now. [QUOTE=Frost 31;30758939]Looks kind of like one of the EDF patrol vehicles from Red Faction: Guerrilla. Cool none the less.[/QUOTE] The similarity is amazing. Reference: [quote] [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4755/33484937.jpg[/img] [img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/lmi/user-images/cr87604t.jpg[/img] [/quote]
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30764320]They're DARPA! They're the goddamned mad scientist division of the U.S. military! They're the guys that watch a Sci-Fi movie, then recreate it in their labs just because they can. They read Marvel and D.C. Comics, then laugh at guys like Lex Luthor and Doctor Doom because the shit they have is better. [editline]28th June 2011[/editline] By the way, I want one. I don't care how much money it costs, I want one of these things.[/QUOTE] You know, I was going to say that they weren't mad, but then I remembered this... [img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2010/10/flyinghumvee.jpg[/img]
Looks like the military Jeeps from children of men.
[QUOTE=Nerts;30762563]Put a machinegun on the back, give it a spiky bumper and paint it black and red and you've got a NOD buggy[/QUOTE] The only thing it would be missing are some EMP coils
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;30764607]You know, I was going to say that they weren't mad, but then I remembered this... [img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2010/10/flyinghumvee.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Or who could forget DARPA's [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/7872645/Pentagon-plans-flying-submarine.html]motherfucking flying submarine?[/url]
Also.. DARPA never change <3
I'm pretty sure the first question you're asked whn you apply for a job at DARPA is: "What's your definition of ridiculous? "
Holy shit, I want one.
I wonder what mileage it gets.
[QUOTE=chimitos;30762731]It reminds me of the newer batman car. [img]http://detointernational.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/batmantumbler.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Dammit, I wanted to say: Does it come in black?
[QUOTE=Zombii;30765022]I'm pretty sure the first question you're asked whn you apply for a job at DARPA is: "What's your definition of ridiculous? "[/QUOTE] More like "What's your definition of ridiculous but effective?"
This could be the next Jeep if it turns out well. [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z-DFU2Uf3KA/TUHYYo5DFbI/AAAAAAAAGiI/9YQ2zEUCr4E/s1600/WWII_Army_Jeep%255B1%255D.jpg[/img]
Well DARPA, in my mind, should be given more projects. The state of some projects drags on and on, like the M2 Bradley (14 billion and 17 years).
[QUOTE=aznz888;30764366]Imagine the hilarity when it out-performs a commercial aircraft or even military in terms of cost [I]AND[/I] efficiency.[/QUOTE] I would tell Boeing to suck it and suck it hard for those 50 bucks a bolt bastards.
The car these things are based off of are sexy as fuck They are called the Rally Fighter [img]http://whcarleton.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/picture-9.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Grasp;30776100]The car these things are based off of are sexy as fuck They are called the Rally Fighter [img]http://whcarleton.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/picture-9.png[/img][/QUOTE] [img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/115/988/Spongebob%20Money.jpg?1303396682[/img]
[QUOTE=Grasp;30776100]The car these things are based off of are sexy as fuck They are called the Rally Fighter [img]http://whcarleton.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/picture-9.png[/img][/QUOTE] They do more than just that. I'm working on a local motors thread for GD. [editline]29th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GoldenDargon;30776354][img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/115/988/Spongebob%20Money.jpg?1303396682[/img][/QUOTE] It's a fully-fledged racing car, and it only costs $59,000 (oops)
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;30776361]It's a fully-fledged racing car, and it only costs $50,000[/QUOTE] I'll take 2
They will probably start creating Sky Net in the next few years.
Seems like the ideal vehicle to replace this: [img]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/dpv_lsvbugg.jpg[/img]
They should have built a Warthog with armor.
DARPA has been awesome and is continuing to be awesome.
[QUOTE=Frost 31;30758939]Looks kind of like one of the EDF patrol vehicles from Red Faction: Guerrilla. Cool none the less.[/QUOTE] asshole. Now that's all I'm going to see
[QUOTE=Grasp;30776100]The car these things are based off of are sexy as fuck They are called the Rally Fighter [img]http://whcarleton.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/picture-9.png[/img][/QUOTE] Cannot unsee red stripes.
Well I know what I'm going to build in Gmod now.
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