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2014-10-23 Science & Technology

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Posted by Cherenter Hupaviling4186 2014-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Looks like the nextgen version of Lockheed's "Sea Shadow".

Posted by ed in texas 2014-10-23 07:34|| 2014-10-23 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 "That said, Juliet Marine faces a tough battle. "Normally, innovative ship designs stem from funded research by the Navy at one of their labs," says Schaffer. "[Juliet Marine] also has a problem with the institutional bias the Navy tends to have against small crafts like the Ghost."

We capitalist call that innovation. The Navy should relax; innovation is a good thing.

Posted by Sninerong Hupinemble5552 2014-10-23 13:47|| 2014-10-23 13:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Just out of curiosity, have they looked at how the design would scale? I.e. Littorol combat ship.

Posted by Sninerong Hupinemble5552 2014-10-23 13:56|| 2014-10-23 13:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Pretty damn impressive

Posted by mossomo 2014-10-23 15:56|| 2014-10-23 15:56|| Front Page Top

#5 It is clever. The Navy should buy it just to keep it out of other hands.

Posted by rammer 2014-10-23 17:54|| 2014-10-23 17:54|| Front Page Top

#6 He will have a tough row to hoe. My experience as a boutique defense contractor of an innovative remote weapon system was not easy. The mil does like to adopt weapon systems technology that it does not think of first. They mission and feature creep you to death.

Posted by Remoteman 2014-10-23 18:47|| 2014-10-23 18:47|| Front Page Top

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