Don't you think he would have signed an NDA with the military and stop the internet blabber?
Raytheon does not do this... On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Axil Axil wrote: > 1. Andrea Rossi > > July 25th, 2012 at 11:13 > AM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=666&cpage=5#comment-286670> > > Dear Ecco Liberation: > We are studying how to make a direct conversion into electric power, > therefore we are probing all the possibilities. We are far from the > solution, but this is a very interesting field of R&D. > Maybe we have found a thread, thanks to precious help we are getting here, > in the USA. > Warm Regards, > A.R. > > I read this to mean that Rossi is no longer spearheading the development > of his product but is depending on the defense industrial complex in the US > to make good progress in E-Cat R&D. > > Cheers: Axil > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Why is the DOD interested in Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)?* > > * * > > * * > > *The DOD has been interested in field emission knowhow as a critical air > warfare weapons technology from as far back as the development of the B2 > stealth bomber. This technology is used to cover the air close to the > surface of the stealth plane with a thin layer of plasma.* > > * * > > *From about the turn of the century, carbon nanotube applications became > important in stealth technology and the DOD became a major sponsor in > supporting R&D in field emission nanotubes based appliances to replace the > older less efficient field emission devices. Hundreds of grants are issued > every year to university departments that specialize in carbon nanotube > (CNT) field emission technology including optimize mass production of the > highest quality CNT manufactured in bulk quantities.* > > * * > > *From the technology roadmap from the air force major that I have > recently posted about, This PhD thesis shows an example of very advanced > unclassified CNT field emission technology and the steps in its > development. * > > * * > > *Being confused by it at first, I noticed that the nanotubes were housed > in a regular cavity patterned lattice formed in the substrate material. In > mulling it over, this design peculiarity is probably needed to protect the > CNTs bundles from the ravages of turbulent air flow at the surface of > selected locations on the skin of a stealth aircraft using plasma stealth. > This perforated configuration can also support an electron acceleration > grid to increase the potential of the plasma.* > > * * > > *Plasma stealth is a phenomenon that utilizes ionized gas; air (plasma) > to reduce the radar cross section of a stealth aircraft. This plasma sheet > redirects radar reflections as the interactions between electromagnetic > radiation and this thin ionized gas layer redirects and randomizes > reflected broadcast electromagnetic radiation echoes. * > > * * > > *The Plasma stealth method is one of various methods that might plausibly > be able to form a layer or cloud of plasma around a vehicle to deflect or > absorb radar through the production of a steady state electrostatic > discharge. * > > * * > >
