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Daewoo Precision Industries K2

The Daewoo Precision Industries K2, or K2 rifle, is a South Korean 5.56mm assault rifle, the standard service rifle of the South Korean military since 1985.

DAF Trucks

DAF Trucks N.V., historically Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek, is a Dutch truck manufacturer headquartered in Eindhoven. Founded in 1928, it has been wholly owned by the American PACCAR group since 1996.

Dafang power station

Dafang power station (华电贵州大方发电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Dafang County, Bijie, Guizhou, China, with four 300 MW units supplying Guangdong through the West-to-East transmission program.

Dafanpu Coal Mine

The Dafanpu Coal Mine (大饭铺煤矿) is an underground thermal coal mine in Jungar Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China, with an annual capacity of 6.5 million tonnes.

Dafosi Coal Mine

The Dafosi Coal Mine (大佛寺煤矿) is a large underground coal mine in Binzhou, Shaanxi Province, China, which began production in 2006 and produces about 8 million tonnes a year.

Daft (software)

Daft (Eventual, 2022) is an open-source Rust data engine for AI and multimodal workloads, with a lazy Python DataFrame and SQL API. It runs single-machine via the Swordfish streaming engine or distributed on Ray via Flotilla.

Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple (दगडूशेठ हलवाई गणपती मंदिर)

Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple (दगडूशेठ हलवाई गणपती मंदिर) is a Hindu temple to Ganesha in Budhwar Peth, Pune, founded by the sweet maker Dagdusheth Halwai in the late 1800s.

Dagangshan Dam

The Dagangshan Dam (大岗山水电站) is a 210-meter concrete arch dam with a 2,600 MW hydroelectric station on the Dadu River in Sichuan, China, completed in 2017.

Dagger

A dagger is a short, pointed weapon designed for thrusting or stabbing rather than cutting, known across nearly all cultures from the Bronze Age onward.

Dago M. de Leeuw

Dago M. de Leeuw is a Dutch scientist in organic electronics who led Philips Research's all-polymer integrated circuits and received the 2015 Gilles Holst Medal.

Dagster

Dagster is an open-source Python data orchestration platform founded in 2018 by Nick Schrock, organized around software-defined assets rather than tasks, with Dagster+ as its commercial service; it was acquired by Prefect in July 2026.

Dahaize Coal Mine

Dahaize Coal Mine (大海则煤矿) is a large underground coal mine in Yulin, Shaanxi, China, owned by China Coal Energy with a capacity of 20 million tonnes yearly.

Dahej LNG Terminal

The Dahej LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas terminal at Dahej, Gujarat, operated by Petronet LNG; commissioned in 2004 as India's first regasification terminal.

Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol Gas Pipeline

The Dahej-Uran-Panvel-Dhabhol Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline network in western India, owned and operated by GAIL, built in 2006 and 2007 to revive the stranded Dabhol power plant.

Dahej-Vijaipur Gas Pipeline (DVPL-I)

The Dahej-Vijaipur Gas Pipeline is a 610 km natural gas pipeline in India, owned by GAIL, carrying regasified LNG from Dahej in Gujarat to Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh.

Dahl friction model

The Dahl friction model, introduced by Philip Dahl in 1968, represents solid friction with an internal state variable for elastic bristle deflection, capturing pre-sliding hysteresis.

Dahra Oil and Gas Field

Dahra Oil and Gas Field (الظهرة), also written Al-Dhara, is a giant onshore oil field in Libya's Sirte Basin, discovered in 1958 and operated by the Waha Oil Company.

Dahra-Bahi Gathering Oil Pipeline

The Dahra-Bahi Gathering Oil Pipeline is a 68.85 km crude oil pipeline in Libya's Sirte Basin, run by Waha Oil Company from the Dahra oilfield to the Bahi gathering station.

Dai Hung Oil and Gas Field

Dai Hung is an offshore oil and gas field in Vietnam's Nam Con Son Basin, producing since 1994 and nearly abandoned by its international consortium in 1999.

Daian-ji

Daian-ji (大安寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, which took its name in 745 and still stands today.

Daicel

Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル) is a Japanese chemical company headquartered in Osaka, founded in 1919 by the merger of eight celluloid makers, and known for cellulose acetate and airbag inflators.

Daido Steel

Daido Steel Co., Ltd. (大同特殊鋼) is a Japanese specialty steel producer headquartered in Nagoya, founded in 1916, serving the automotive, aerospace, energy, and semiconductor equipment industries.

Daihai power station

Daihai power station (京能内蒙古岱海发电厂) is a four-unit, 2,430 MW coal-fired power station on Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia, China, built between 2005 and 2011 to send power directly to Beijing.

Daihatsu

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (ダイハツ), Japanese kei and compact car maker founded 1907 as Hatsudoki Seizo in Osaka, wholly owned Toyota subsidiary since 2016, OEM supplier of Hijet, Mira e:S, Tanto, Rocky and e-Hijet Cargo to Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, and Suzuki.

Daihatsu Charade (ダイハツ・シャレード)

The Daihatsu Charade (ダイハツ・シャレード) is a small Japanese economy car produced by Daihatsu from 1977 to 1999, known for its one-liter engine and low fuel consumption.

Daihatsu Copen (ダイハツ・コペン)

The Daihatsu Copen (ダイハツ・コペン) is a two-seat kei convertible sports car built by Daihatsu in Japan, on sale since 2002 with a second generation from 2014.

Daihatsu Hijet (ダイハツ・ハイゼット)

The Daihatsu Hijet is a line of kei commercial trucks and vans built by Daihatsu since 1960 as its first kei four-wheeled vehicle, with over 4.85 million trucks produced.

Daihatsu Midget

The Daihatsu Midget is a family of small commercial vehicles from Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu, beginning with a three-wheeled mini truck launched in 1957 and revived as the Midget II kei truck in 1996.

Daihatsu Mira (ダイハツ・ミラ)

The Daihatsu Mira (ダイハツ・ミラ), exported as the Daihatsu Cuore, is a kei car produced by Daihatsu since 1980 and the company's core kei passenger model.

Daihatsu Terios (ダイハツ・テリオス)

The Daihatsu Terios (ダイハツ・テリオス) is a compact SUV from Daihatsu, launched in Japan in 1997, and built since 2007 in Indonesia as a seven-seater sold alongside its twin, the Toyota Rush.