DARPA asks public to design new combat support vehicle

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I saw this today and thought it might be of interest to some

In an effort to streamline the design and build process for manufacturing military vehicles, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is enlisting the “power of the crowd”. Through the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat-support Vehicle (XC2V) Design Challenge, which asks entrants to conceptualize a vehicle body design for combat reconnaissance and combat delivery & evacuation, the agency is looking to pick the brains of not only armed service members and engineers, but also members of the public and others that usually have no way to contribute to military design.

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-xc2v-design-challenge/17863/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=efcaf89bee-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

http://www.local-motors.com/competition.php?c=45