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Ares 85 Hercules. Ares 85 Hercules is a fast patrol boat made in Turkey. Oman ordered 14 boats for its Coast Guard Command.

Characteristics
The fast patrol craft was designed by the Antalya-based  Ares Shipyard in cooperation with the British Maritime Technology (BMT), which is experienced in commercial and naval high-performance patrol vessels with lengths ranging from  to .

Made of advanced composite material, Ares 85 Hercules was built at Ares Shipyard. She has a length of , a beam of , a draft of  with a displacement of 70 tons. She has a cruise speed of , up to . The ship's class is BV, TL/HSC-N (Bureau Veritas, Turkish Lloyd/High-speed craft - Non-displacement mode). The patrol boat features a stabilized weapon station of a remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine gun. The patrol craft is equipped with electro-optical sensors, sea-based X-band Radar and radşo systems. She carries a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) on the poop deck for use in boarding a ship and search and rescue missions.

Operators
, the Royal Oman Police Coast Guard ordered on 13 November 2018 a total of 14 boats to deploy against illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The first two boats were delivered by mid December 2019.

References

2019 ships
Ships built in Antalya
Patrol vessels of Oman
Thunder Power. Thunder Power () is a Taiwanese automobile manufacturer that specializes in producing electric vehicles.

History
Thunder Power was founded in 2011, and originally started out in Taiwan. they are currently based in Hong Kong. In 2017, they finished their production plant in Guangzhou. They also have plants built in Catalonia, Spain, Hangzhou, China, and Ganzhou City, China. The design of Thunder Power's vehicles was penned by noted Italian design firm Zagato, and they have won the German Design Award in 2019. 

Their first production vehicle was the EV, also called the TP. A Limited Edition of the vehicle was launched, and only 488 were produced. The car was designed by Dallara in Italy. Its dimensions are 4967 mm/1920 mm/1458 mm, a wheelbase is 2994 mm, and a weight of 1900 kg. It has a top charging speed of (three hundred seventy five) 375 miles per hour at a fast station, and will cost ¥1,298,000.

The Chloe is their second production vehicle. It has a 80 kWh battery, and dimensions of 2850 mm/1550 mm. It costs ¥100,000 in China and €13,000 in Europe. After a long break, at the end of November 2021, Thunder Power has announced extensive plans to launch another car factory in another Chinese city, Ganzhou.

Vehicles

Current models
ThunderPower currently has 2 production vehicles.

Concept Vehicles

See also
ChangJiang
Dial EV
GreenWheel EV
Qingyuan Auto
Suda (marque)

References

Electric vehicle manufacturers of China
Car brands
Car manufacturers of China
Chinese brands
Car manufacturers of Taiwan
Bestune E01. The Bestune E01 () is an electric compact CUV produced by the FAW Group under the brand name Bestune.

Overview

The Bestune E01 was first shown at the 2020 Auto China. The E01 comes with a 3D holographic assistant. Its dimensions measure 4,639 mm/1,880 mm/1,640 mm, and can seat 5. It has a 61.34 kWh battery, 190 horsepower, a range of 450 km, and a top speed of 170 km/h.

See also
 Bestune T77

References

External links

E01
Cars introduced in 2020
Cars of China
Production electric cars
Compact crossover sport utility vehicles
Werner J. Blau. Werner J. Blau is a Chair of Physics and Advanced Materials at Trinity College Dublin and AMBER Center. He is Honorary Professor in the Chemistry Department of East China University of Science and Technology; Visiting Honorary Professor, Northwest University, Xi’an, China; and was Honoured Professor and China National High-end Foreign Expert at SIOM, Chinese Academy of Science.

Blau is a specialist in carbon nanotubes. His most cited papers are in this subject:
Coleman JN, Khan U, Blau WJ, Gun’ko YK. Small but strong: a review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites. Carbon. 2006 Aug 1;44(9):1624-52.(Cited 4494 times, according to Google Scholar  ) 
De S, Higgins TM, Lyons PE, Doherty EM, Nirmalraj PN, Blau WJ, Boland JJ, Coleman JN. Silver nanowire networks as flexible, transparent, conducting films: extremely high DC to optical conductivity ratios. ACS Nano. 2009 Jul 28;3(7):1767-74. (Cited 640 times, according to Google Scholar.)  
 Curran SA, Ajayan PM, Blau WJ, Carroll DL, Coleman JN, Dalton AB, Davey AP, Drury A, McCarthy B, Maier S, Strevens A. A composite from poly (m‐phenylenevinylene‐co‐2, 5‐dioctoxy‐p‐phenylenevinylene) and carbon nanotubes: A novel material for molecular optoelectronics. Advanced Materials. 1998 Oct;10(14):1091-3. (Cited 851 times, according to Google Scholar.)

References 

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Nationality missing
Academics of Trinity College Dublin
Academic staff of East China University of Science and Technology
Pacific Coast Engineering. The Pacific Coast Engineering Company or PACECO Corp. is an American industrial fabricator and mechanical engineering company headquartered in Haywood, California. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui E&S.

PACECO focuses on the production of container handling cranes, which are branded as PORTAINER and TRANSTAINER. On 22 February 2024, the White House announced that as part of its 20-billion-dollar scheme to upgrade and secure the country's port infrastructure, Mitsui E&S and PACECO are planning to resume manufacturing cranes in the US.

History 
PACECO was previously a shipbuilding company in Oakland, California and then Alameda, California. To support the World War II demand for ships, PACECO shipyard switched over to military construction and built US Navy Tugboats.

As early as February 1920, PACECO was reported to be bidding on a contract to make alterations or improvements to a Japanese steamer in Seattle. Started as a mechanical engineering company, PACECO began operations in its Oakland shipyard in 1922. The Oakland shipyard at the 14th Street terminus (Oakland Outer Harbor) was acquired by the US. Navy in 1940 for World War II needs. PACECO moved the shipyard to 350 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. The new yard did prefab sub assemblies for the other Bay Area shipyards, like the Richmond Shipyards. In 1943, PACECO built its first of five US Navy tugboats.

After the war, PACECO built tugboats, barges, and container cranes. The first quayside container gantry crane was developed by PACECO in 1959. PACECO was sold to Fruehauf Trailer Corporation in 1967. Fruehauf ended shipbuilding in 1976 and changed to build primarily container crane and container chassis. The Alameda shipyard was on the south side of the Tidal Canal, just west of the Park Street Bridge on the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area. , the site was a vacant lot.

Ships
Notable ships:
Baylander (IX-514): United States Navy Helicopter Landing Trainer laid down by PACECO on December 28, 1967, as Yard No. 238, in Alameda.
 Alki Fire Boat
 Snoqualmie (fireboat)
 Five Woban Class District Harbor Tug: Mawkaw (YT 182), Negwagon (YT 188), Nepanet (YT 189), Orono (YT 190) and Osamekin (YT 191). Each with a displacement of 237 tons, a length of 100 feet, a beam 28 feet, a draft 9 feet. Top speed 12 kts, crew of 17 and power from a Diesel-electric, single propeller with 1,000 shp.
 12 YFU US Navy Utility Boat 	180 tons. YFU 71 to YFU 82 in 1967 and 1968.
 LCU 1637 	a US Navy Landing Craft at 190 tons in 1970,  This ship the only one in it class, with a sea simulator platform (ASSP), and was crewed civilians from the Radio Corp. of America (RCA).
 Carquinez Ferry at 537 tons, built in	1956, later renamed Blackbeard then Noble Phoenix. State of California ran between Martinez and Benicia until 1962. A length of 169 feet, a beam of 52 feet and a depth of 13.5 feet with a diesel engine, 1,000 hp.

See also
California during World War II
Maritime history of California
 Union Iron Works
 Richmond Shipyards
Kneass Boat Works
Pacific Bridge Company

References

American Theater of World War II
1940s in California
American boat builders
Military Engineering Centre of Excellence. The NATO Military Engineering Centre of Excellence (MILENG COE) is an International Military Organization (IMO) as designated by the Paris Protocol of 28 August 1952. The organization is a part of the NATO Centre of Excellence. Sponsored by fourteen European Union Member States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, and the United States, the Centre belongs to a wider framework that supports NATO’s transformation process. The organization's objective is to assist NATO member countries, nonmember countries, and international organizations in enhancing military engineering capabilities. MILENG COE is co-located in the German Army Military Engineer School in Ingolstadt, Germany. A sister-project is the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).

Before becoming a NATO Centre of Excellence, the institute was known as the Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre (ENTEC) and was located in Munich. As ENTEC, the institute was mandated to conduct military engineer training for participating nations.

Mission and task 
As the MILENG COE, the institute's mandate expanded to include teaching doctrine and the NATO Standardization Agreements related to military engineering. The Centre also contributes new concepts and procedures, conducts experiments and analyses, and offers engineering expertise for NATO programs.

The Centre's work is usually initiated by a "Request for Support" by a NATO entity or participating nation. Additionally, there is an annual Program of Work which contains long term projects with a certain product and deadline, as well as activities to actively support NATO transformation. The Centre also plans and conducts conferences and worksites for military engineers.

The Centre brings together experts in the areas of general military engineering, explosive ordnance disposal, environmental protection, and infrastructure management.

Current status 
Currently, 17 Sponsoring Nations have joined the Centre:

See also 
 Allied Command Transformation
 NATO 2021 list of accredited COEs

References

External links 
   Official Webpage
 Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Sevim Dağdelen, Christine Buchholz, Eva Bulling-Schröter, weiterer Abgeordneter und der Fraktion DIE LINKE. – Drucksache 18/9226 – vom 19. August 2016

NATO agencies
Peter Bonnington. Peter Bonnington, also known as Bono, is a British Formula One engineer. He was the senior race engineer for Lewis Hamilton at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team.

Bonnington started his Formula 1 career as a data engineer with Jordan Grand Prix in 2004. During his time with the Silverstone team he worked alongside the likes of Giorgio Pantano and Timo Glock. He then joined the Honda team as an understudy to long time race engineer Andrew Shovlin and therefore became Jenson Button’s performance engineer. Bonnington remained with the team as it transitioned into Brawn GP, guiding Button to his maiden World Championship in 2009.

After a stint as Michael Schumacher's performance engineer at Mercedes, he became his race engineer replacing the departing Mark Slade in September 2011. After Schumacher left the Brackley team at the end of 2012, Bonnington became senior race engineer for Lewis Hamilton, a position he remained in until Hamilton left the Mercedes team at the end of the 2024 championship.

In his current role as senior race engineer, he is responsible for all trackside communications to the driver and the set up of the Formula One car. During his time in this position, he has engineered Hamilton to six of his seven world championships and is widely regarded as being one of the most skilled race engineers in Formula One.

References

Living people
1975 births
21st-century British engineers
Formula One engineers
British motorsport people
Mercedes-Benz in Formula One
SNCF Class BB 71000. The SNCF Class BB 71000 is a class of 30 centre-cab B′B′ diesel shunting locomotives. Introduced in 1965, they were the last locomotives in service with SNCF to feature side rods. The class was withdrawn from traffic between 1998 and 1999. A number were sold on for industrial use.

Description
This small series of 30 locomotives was built by the Departmental Railway Company (CFD), following the BB 60001 which served as their prototype. They were delivered from March 1965 to February 1966. These locomotives, with mechanical transmission and driving rods, were mainly used on freight services. Despite the better efficiency of the mechanical transmission, per gross ton towed and per kilometer, than that of a locomotive with electric transmission, their lack of reliability led to 21 of them being resold to various companies. Certain V12 engines were coupled to a Leroy-Somer alternator, producing 660 volts in three phases (star coupling), as a high power generator (580 kVA), installed in a generator van, for TEE trains (car air-conditioned stainless steel PBA, Mistral 1969, and Grand Confort).

Preservation 

 BB 71001, formerly owned by the Pyrénées-Orientales Departmental Council and based in Boulou, used by the local rail operator (OFP)  at Languedoc-Roussillon for shunting and acquired by the latter.
 BB 71008, Re-engineered with a Cummins prime mover and preserved by Trains and Traction.
 BB 71010, ex-Rive Bleue Express, acquired in 2022, by the Fédération des amis des chemins de fer secondaires (FACS).
 La BB 71015 acquired by le chemin de fer de la Vendée in 2022.
 BB 71018 acquired by le chemin de fer de la Vendée in 2022.
 BB 71027 acquired by le chemin de fer de la Vendée in 2023. 
 BB 71030 by Patry.

References

71000
B′B′ locomotives
BB 71000
Standard gauge locomotives of France
Railway locomotives introduced in 1965

Shunting locomotives
Litter-Robot. Litter-Robot is a gravity-driven sifting automatic litter box manufactured and distributed by Whisker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

History 
Litter-Robot was first released in 2000. Brad Baxter, who brought the product to market, licensed an existing patent and developed the device. He funded the first generation of the Litter-Robot with an investment from his parents. Baxter sold the Litter-Robot online directly to consumers, and the business became profitable in 2005. 

There have been four iterations of the Litter-Robot since its release. Litter-Robot 2 and Litter-Robot 3 launched in 2005 and 2015, respectively. In 2017, the company released its first WiFi-enabled unit, Litter-Robot 3 Connect.

In 2019, Litter-Robot manufacturer Whisker (formerly AutoPets) raised $31 million in growth equity financing from Chicago-based Pondera Holdings LLC. The company completed a $10 million investment to expand its manufacturing plant in Juneau, Wisconsin, in 2022.

The latest iteration of the product, Litter-Robot 4, was released in 2022.  Whisker announced in 2023 that 1 million Litter-Robot units have been sold since the company’s inception. 

Litter-Robot is designed, assembled, and serviced in the United States and sold in more than 20 countries, including the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and much of the European Union. Whisker has 65+ global patents and more than 575 full-time employees in the United States, including a team of 60+ engineers.

Reception 
Good Housekeeping called Litter-Robot 4 “the best overall self-cleaning litter box.” It was awarded as one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022. The Spruce Pets rated Litter-Robot 4 the “best overall” automatic litter box with 4.8 stars.  Forbes Vetted Best Product Awards named Litter-Robot 4 the best self-cleaning litter box of 2024.

References

External links 
 Official site

Cats as pets
Pet equipment
List of Delta IV Heavy launches. The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle. When it was in service from 2004 to 2024, it was the largest type in the Delta IV family and was the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, behind SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket and closely followed by CNSA's Long March 5 rocket. It was manufactured by United Launch Alliance and was first launched in December 2004 and was retired after its last flight on 9th April 2024.

Launch statistics

Launch history

Notes

References 

Lists of Delta launches
Lists of rocket launches
Changan UNI-V. The Changan UNI-V is a fastback car produced by Chinese auto manufacturer Changan.

Overview 

The Changan UNI-V is the third product of the UNI-series, and also the first fastback of the series. It was first unveiled to the public during the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show.
The Changan UNI-V was developed on the new lightweight Modular Platform Architecture, also called as Ark Architecture. The platform is the base of the highly rigid and lightweight body of the UNI-V according to Changan Automobile. The Ark architecture also offers six airbags and the white body chassis is 70% high-strength steel.

Powertrain 
The Changan UNI-V is powered by a 1.5 liter turbo engine developed by Changan Automobile inhouse with a maximum power of  and a maximum speed of .

Interior 
The interior design of the UNI-V adopts a 3+1 quadruple screen layout design. The hovering instrument panel is placed above the steering wheel, displaying high-frequency interactive information such as speed and navigation from the instrument panel with a 10° eye movement when looking at the road ahead.

Changan UNI-V iDD 
The Changan UNI-V iDD launched in April 2024 is the plug-in hybrid version of the Changan UNI-V sedan featuring an upgraded powertrain and redesigned bumpers. The UNI-V iDD was originally planned to be a rebadged model sold under the Nevo or Qiyuan brand, called the Nevo A06. Images of the Nevo A06 were published, but plans were changed before launch and was sold as a variant of the UNI-V instead. The iDD plug-in hybrid system powertrain of the UNI-V iDD is composed of a 1.5 liter engine and a front positioned electric motor, mated to an E-CVT gearbox. The 1.5 liter engine has a maximum power output of 81 kW and a peak 143 Nm while the front positioned electric motor develops 158 kW and 330 Nm. The top speed of the UNI-V iDD is 185 km/h and the 0 to 100 km/h acceleration time is 6.9 seconds. The battery is a 18.99kWh or 18.4kWh lithium iron phosphate providing a CLTC pure electric range of 136 km while the combined CLTC range is 1,160 km. Charge the battery from 30% to 80% takes 30 minutes under DC fast charging.

References 

Cars introduced in 2021
Sedans
Cars of China
UNI-V
Hybrid electric cars
Eureka Shipbuilding. Eureka Shipbuilding was a wooden shipbuilding company in Eureka, California. The shipyard was just south of town in Fields Landing on the South Bay of Humboldt Bay. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Eureka Shipbuilding shipyard switched over to military construction and built: United States Marine Corps tugboatss. Eureka Shipbuilding was started in 1941. On January 25, 1943 Eureka Ship Builders, Inc. was awarded a contract to build six V2-M-AL1 tugboats at a cost of $35,970 each, contact number DA-MCc-824. V2-M-AL1 tus is a class of Type V ship.  The V2-M-AL1 is also called a Port Sewall class tug. V2-V2-M-AL1 tugs were named for American ports. All of Eureka Shipbuilding tug were used for Lend-Lease use to Britain as type TUSA tugs.
After the war in 1947 the company was renamed `

V2-M-AL1 tugboats were: Wood hull, 90 tons, a beam of 19 feet, had a diesel engine with 240 horsepower, fuel Oil tanks with 1920 gallons. Other Built V2-M-AL1 were built by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Standard Shipbuilding, Steinbach Iron works, Arlington Shipbuilding, Texas Shipbuilding, Siletz Boatworks, Blair Company, and Marinette Marine.

Eureka Shipbuilding ships

Tugboats, V2-M-AL1  Port Sewall class:

Eureka Boat Building & Repair
Eureka Boat Building & Repair built boats:

See also
California during World War II
Maritime history of California
 Union Iron Works
 Richmond Shipyards
Kneass Boat Works
Pacific Bridge Company
 Wooden boats of World War 2
Cryer & Sons

References

American Theater of World War II
1940s in California
Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States
Ultra sport. Ultra sport or ultrasport or variation, may refer to:

 Wills Wing Ultra Sport (aka UltraSport), a hang-glider
 SlipStream Ultra Sport, a U.S. light-sport-aircraft kit plane
 American Sportscopter Ultrasport, a series of U.S. helicopters
 Anderson Ultra Sport, a U.S. automobile
 'Ultra Sport', a trim package for the Audi A4
 Ultrasport, a Norwegian extreme sports magazine
 Ultrasport (talk show), a Bulgarian weekly television sports talk show

See also

 LAE Ultrasport 496T, a Cypriot helicopter
 
 
 Super sport (disambiguation)
 Hypersport (disambiguation)
 Megasport (disambiguation)
 Ultra (disambiguation)
 Sport (disambiguation)
Engineered cellular magmatic. Engineered cellular magmatics (ECMs) are synthetic stone of glass and ceramic. ECMs replicate rare, naturally occurring volcanic materials, and exhibit useful structural and chemical properties of those materials. The US Department of Energy has recognized ECMs as an advanced material, funding further research into the manufacture and application of ECMs through ARPA-E and Savannah River National Laboratory.

Properties 
ECMs can be engineered to include a broad range of silicate species, with various reactivity. Their physical structure can range from closed to open cell, resembling pumice or porous ceramic. They can be composed of internal pore and vesicular structures with individual cross sections that can measure from millimeter down to nanometer scale. Open cell varieties exhibit extensive surface areas which amplify ion exchange capabilities (both cationic and anionic). These features make them well suited for various cement construction  filtration and remediation applications. They typically contain both amorphous and crystalline structures.

Application 
Known uses for ECMs include air and water filtration, biological and chemical remediation, microbial habitat, soil and cementitious amendments. They can also be used in the manufacture of various forms of zeolite due to the resulting silicate lattice, and in various reactors for chemical separation. They meet and exceed the ASTM Standard Specification for Lightweight Aggregates for Structural Concrete, and exceed ASTM standards for vegetative green roof media.

History 
ECMs share a history with foam glass, but are engineered for specific chemical reactivity and structural properties not generally considered the domain of foam glass. The term engineered cellular magmatic was adopted to describe the material in late 2019 by inventor Robert Hust. Other named inventors include Gene Ramsey, Cory Trivelpiece, Gert Nielsen, and Philip Galland.

Manufacture 
ECMs can be manufactured from raw materials (minerals with high silica content) and a range of waste and recycled materials that, by their utilization, represent significant savings in both energy and carbon emissions. ECMs have been successfully created utilizing various waste streams, upcycling glass waste, municipal incinerator waste ash, carbon fiber waste, and wastes from various types of mining. The production process is similar to that of sintered foam glass or ceramics, consisting of 1) grinding the input materials to a powder, 2) firing the material at various levels of thermal exposure (500º - 2000 °C) as it 3) travels through a 36-meter (120 ft.) long furnace.

See also 

 Silicate
 Ceramic foam
 Foam glass
 High Performance Concrete
 Materials science
 Environmental technology
 Upcycling

References 

Materials science