US military expand kinetic energy efforts
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is joining the US Army in an expanded vision for kinetic human-generated energy designs, also known as kinetic energy harvesting.
From the USMC perspective, the new vision is just one of many energy and logistics efforts being highlighted during the 2016 iteration of that service’s Expeditionary Energy Concepts (E2C) programme.
A continuation of the Experimental Forward Operating Base (ExFOB) project; meanwhile, the new name reflects a mind shift away from fixed forward operating bases toward an expeditionary operating environment.
The E2C team is led by the Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office and includes participation from
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