Dr. Valerie M. Browning This is Me
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Arlington, Virginia
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1. www.usasymposium.com
www.usasymposium.com/nano/spon - [Cached]Published on: 7/27/2006 Last Visited: 3/14/2007
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2. Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
www.navyleague.org/sea_power/j - [Cached]Published on: 7/1/2006 Last Visited: 1/26/2007
Dr. Valerie Browning, a program manager at DARPA, said a special operations unit can carry up to 125 pounds of batteries with them for a 10-day mission. Some of the projects at DARPA, if proven successful, could cut that by a factor of seven, which would mean huge weight savings, she said.
One promising project is called Palm Power, which is not much bigger than a phone and can convert high-energy content hydrocarbon fuels such as JP8 into electricity. While something like Palm Power could certainly reduce weight, Browning said it is still "a ways out." -
3. Guardian Unlimited | Life | Military looks into light bender googly
www.guardian.co.uk/life/dispat - [Cached]Published on: 3/18/2004 Last Visited: 3/18/2004
"We're looking to identify applications," says Valerie Browning, a programme manager at Darpa's defence sciences office in Arlington, Virginia. The agency will unveil plans to study and apply these materials in military systems in the next month, Browning says.
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Researchers at the Boeing corporation in Seattle are already investigating negatively refracting materials as optics for steering radar and radio communications, Browning says.

