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 by James Laporta Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018
The U.S. Navy has awarded Metron Inc. with a contract for advanced modular payloads for unmanned undersea vehicles. The deal, announced Tuesday, is valued at more than $8 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an "effort titled advanced modular payloads unmanned undersea vehicles," the Department of Defense said in a press release. Options built-in to the contract would surge its overall total cumulative value to more than $21 million if exercised. Work on the contract will occur in Reston, Va., and is expected to be complete in December 2019. More than $2.7 million will be obligated to Metron Inc., from defense fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds and $35,000 will be obligated from Navy fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds.
Chinese researchers achieve 3D underwater acoustic carpet cloak first with 'Black Panther'-like features Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 Cloaking is one of the most eye-catching technologies in sci-fi movies. In two 2018 Marvel films, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther conceals his country Wakanda, a technologically advanced African nation, from the outside world using the metal vibranium. However, in the real world, if you want to hide something, you need to deceive not only the eyes, but also the ears, especially in the underwater environment. Recently, a research team led by Prof. YANG Jun from the Institute ... read more
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