The Army's Rapid Equipping Force is touting the development of a new device that will quickly increase the fuel efficiency of the some of the service's biggest gas guzzlers, though the product is unlikely to reach Afghanistan before American forces exit the country, according to Army officials. Karen Harrington, the chief scientist at the REF, said the new Fuel Management and Power Tailoring Device (FMPT), also called the Smart Accelerator, was developed by scientists at Pennsylvania State University and engineers...
