DARPA Seeks to Develop Military Aviation BioFuel
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) has released a solicitation calling for the exploration of energy
alternatives and fuel efficiency efforts in a bid to reduce the military’s
reliance on traditional fuel for aircraft.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released a solicitation calling for the exploration of energy alternatives and fuel efficiency efforts in a bid to reduce the military’s reliance on traditional fuel for aircraft.
DARPA is looking for processes that will efficiently produce alternative non-petroleum based military jet fuel from agriculture or aquaculture crops. Current commercial processes do not produce alternative fuels that meet the higher energy density and wide operating temperature range necessary for military aviation uses.
Given DARPA’s track record, these guys are liable to do a better job than anyone else in government at developing biofuels.
Posted: Tue - August 1, 2006 at 06:59 AM