The US Navy’s New Aquatic Drone is a Cross Between a Tuna and a Shark

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Weighing in at 100 pounds and measuring five feet long, a device dubbed the "GhostSwimmer" is the newest piece of technology in the US Navy's arsenal. The "silent" aquatic drone is one of the first working prototypes in the Navy's "Silent Nemo" program, a project named after the clown fish of the same name in Disney's Finding Nemo. GhostSwimmer is built like a cross between a shark and bluefin tuna, and according to a Navy press release, is much quieter than a comparable drone with rotating propellers. What...
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