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LANDER LAB #10 Photo courtesy West Mountain Radio Photo courtesy of Clarios/AutoBatteries.com Figure 6 The West Mountain Radio Computerized Battery Analyzer (CBA V) attaches to a Figure 5 laptop by a USB-B cable, and to a battery by Powerpole® Connectors. Exploded view of an AGM lead-acid battery.
LANDER LAB #10 Of special interest for marine applications, LiPo batteries are Shipping any kind of lithium battery can be a challenge, and offered in a “pouch” design, with a soft, ? at body. The pouch IATA regs vary with the batteries inside or outside an instru- is vacuum-sealed, with all voids ?
while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can operate in up to 3.5m wave Company CEO Gerard Barron. In-? eld collection system tri- height signi? cant. The physical connection and disconnection
calls for a moratorium by over 20 countries and companies such as I Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung. Those against mining aim to protect the unique and largely unknown ecology of the sea? oor from physical destruction, sediment smothering and noise pollution. However, the International Seabed Au- thority
and still obtain valuable data. The the measurement of protection levels (potential) using non- increased speed saves costly vessel time, while the larger mea- contact sensors. The collected data is then merged with CP surement distance lowers the risks associated with the ? ight modeling to provide
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investiga- from the aftermath of an accident or tragedy. tive partners and attends meetings at the IMO to track Li-battery and other safety issues, particularly in the area of marine ? re detection and extinguishment.” In San Franciso, Patrick Murphy is president of the Blue & Gold Fleet, which provides
with a DUKW or dive boat. This broader focus yields other information, beyond hardware and equipment: are regulatory agencies working together, particularly the USCG and the NTSB? Calls for heightened safety concerns in one vessel sector, can signal changes elsewhere, again, not necessarily with equipment
tasks among individual cores, resulting construction vehicle with a high payload and powerful thrust in improved control task execution, particularly bene? cial in output. Atom EV is a 130hp light construction vehicle suited complex control loops like electro-hydraulically driven dy- to shallow-water
INTERVIEW BOEING oeing delivered the ? rst Orca Extra Large Uncrewed Under- sea Vehicle (XLUUV) to the BU.S Navy following acceptance testing, the ? rst of six Orca XLUUVs to be delivered to the U.S. Navy over the next 18 months. The ? rst unit is to be used as a test asset for the Navy, so it
sh System is based ? ne the REMUS 620. on HII’s REMUS 300. The contract has The REMUS 620 is a completely modu- the potential to grow to as many as 200 lar and open architecture platform de- vehicles over the next ? ve years with a signed to be easily recon? gurable and to total value of more than $347m
their system lay and payload delivery capabilities another resource to the ASW toolbox for could not operate with heavy fuel.” of VTUAVs. Likewise, larger navies the bene? t of the war? ghter,” said Flint. UMS Skeldar sees a large market for could use an aircraft like the V200 UMS Skeldar is also
mission needs. However, the ser- acknowledged that its two operational icebreakers—the Po- vice did not have a comprehensive process for network ca- lar Star and Healy—are insuf? cient to meet its multifaceted pacity planning—a key process in IT infrastructure planning mission needs in the polar regions
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of its immediate environ- DVL1000 with the superior bottom-tracking range of tradition- ment in near-zero visibility. This required a very accurate un- ally larger 500 kHz systems, the DVL500 Compact provides derwater navigation solution. developers of small robotic systems with a reliable, high-per- formance
with crews, in a ? shery ? tted with systems designed to optimize both ef? ciency and driven by bycatch reduction, while still executing one of the larg- environmental performance. est wild-caught ? sheries in the world. The ES80 sounder system This includes: the SN90 multibeam sonar, which pinpoints
surveillance drone by operations, as well as maritime security and defense players, forcing it into autopilot and spoofng GPS signals. Off-the- particularly for the U.S. Navy as it moves toward operational- shelf quadcopter drones are used to hack into smartphones izing Distributed Maritime Operations
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. This ban applies to ways the case. It is, therefore, important to analyze the particu- both ? xed and portable systems and comes into effect for new lar foaming agent currently in use to ascertain its composition. The IMO guidelines for testing detailed in MSC.1/ ships on 1 January 2026. Systems on
to inform EPA of the availability to support, history has shown that the continued and regu- of zero-emission technologies in the heavy-duty vehicle and lar authorization and appropriation of funds by Congress for port sectors in the agency’s development of funding pro- such programs cannot be relied on