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Ever wonder how a manufacturer builds a shock to elicit a great ride and handling characteristics when it's installed into a specific car? We assume lots of road testing is the key. RideTech showed us ...

WASHINGTON – The new littoral combat ship (LCS) Jackson was showered by spray and shaken by a large explosion June 10 as she endured the first of a series of controlled tests intended to prove the ...

The U.S. Navy's latest aircraft carrier withstood a second round of testing Friday with explosive blasts that again registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake off the Florida coast. It is the second of ...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is weighing the request to delay shock testing on the Gerald R. Ford. (MC2 Ridge Leoni/Navy) The Navy has asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to delay shock testing on the ...

A retired U.S. navy captain recommends setting off powerful explosive charges near America’s latest aircraft carrier to make sure it can survive the rigors of combat. The U.S. Navy wants to put off ...

RideTech's shock test was one for the history books. I had the opportunity to test their new coilovers and airbag components, and learn a few things from the air-ride man himself, Bret Voelkel. Bret ...

Sandia National Laboratories researchers use a blast tube to demonstrate how well nuclear weapons could survive the shock wave of a blast from an enemy weapon and to help validate the computer ...

The U.S. Navy is debating the utility of shock trials. Shock trials test how ships handle undersea explosions, giving sailors a better understanding of how the vessel will hold up in battle. In ...

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event for Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 8, 2021. US Navy Photo The Navy ...