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  • Mysterious Autonomous Boat Drifts Ashore on Isle of Tiree, Scotland

    10/10/2020 6:26:34 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 29 replies
    The Isle of Tiree Coastguard Rescue Team were called to a report of an object in the water on September 28. Members of the public were quick to help out the team and identify the object as an autonomous wave glider, which could easily have traveled miles from home. As of last week the boat's owner had not yet been found. The boat's appearance is identical to the surface element of the Boeing Liquid Robotics Wave Glider. The surfboard-shaped object has large solar arrays fore and aft, a large handle at the bow and three hard points for launch and...
  • Mystery Unmanned Craft Seen Off Florida May Be Secret SHARC Spy Vessel

    06/29/2020 2:00:52 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 9 replies
    Forbes ^ | 29 June 2020 | David Hambling
    ...a curious vehicle spotted off Florida’s Key West last week. Virtually the only part of it above water is a mast supporting an array of antennae. The vehicle is almost certainly a Wave Glider made by U.S. company Liquid Robotics (now owned by Boeing On the surface is a ‘float’ like a 10-foot-long surfboard covered in solar cells driving its electronics. This is connected via a tether to an underwater ‘sub’ unit 30 feet below. As waves move the surfboard up and down, the articulated sub converts up-and-down into forward motion typical speed is just 1.3 knots, but the Wave...