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Lockheed Martin, Navy team up to deploy communications buoys for submarines

Lockheed Martin has announced that it’s completed a critical design review for a system that enables submarine communication while below periscope depth. Part of the US Navy’s Communications at Speed and Depth Program, buoys are launched by the sub, which can then connect nearby to military networks or satellites


Caption contest: four wheels of human-powered doom

Meet Earthmine’s “pedestrian area platform quadracycle.” The company claims it’s a way to map areas of the world that can’t be reached by its camera-equipped SUVs…