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Sustainable soldiers: DoD efficiency program identifies biobased weapon cleaner, lubricant and preservative

Sustainable soldiers: DoD efficiency program identifies biobased weapon cleaner, lubricant and preservative

February 10, 2025 |

In the US, the Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program, a Department of Defense program aimed at identifying more efficient equipment, together with the Marine Corps Shooting Team, has found a new biobased cleaner, lubricant and preservative. Reginald Mack, deputy director of the STED program, called it a “game changer,” because it requires fewer applications […]

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DoD yields to livestock lobby, cancels military cultivated meat funding program

DoD yields to livestock lobby, cancels military cultivated meat funding program

July 29, 2024 |

In the US, lobbying from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has prompted the Department of Defense to cancel plans to fund research into cultivated meat for military consumption. The DoD put out a call in May for funding applications for sustainable food and materials technologies with military applications that reduced emissions via bioindustrial processes. The […]

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