US military to fund stealth motorcycle
The US military has thrown its considerable weight behind the development of a near-silent covert motorcycle with a hybrid power systemUS military has approved funding for the development of a hybrid stealth motorcycle that would allow soldiers to ride for long periods in near-silent electric mode – but with a conventional petrol engine back-up for more range.
Moreover, the hybrid drive system could be used to produce electricity for powering other devices while in the field.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given an innovation research grant to Virginia-based Logos Technologies to develop the bike.
Logos has already developed a multi-fuel hybrid-electric power system that can be run in a near-silent electric mode.
The plan is to put that system into an off-road platform made by project partner BRD, a San Francisco company that manufactures electric motorcycles.
"This initiative will be the first time that a two-wheel-drive, multifuel hybrid capability has been integrated into a full-size off-road motorcycle," said Wade Pulliam, manager of advanced concepts at Logos. "Quieted, all-wheel-drive capability at extended range in a lightweight, rugged, single-track vehicle could support the successful operations of US expeditionary and special forces in extreme terrain conditions and contested environments.”
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