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Boeing Unmanned Sub Experimenting With New Batteries

Monday, April 16th, 2012

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ST. LOUIS--Boeing [BA] plans to test improved lithium batteries later this year on an unmanned submarine it believes could eventually fit into the Navy’s missions of persistent presence and countering anti-area access denial threats, according to the company’s executive in charge of the program. The sub known as Echo Ranger, and developed by Boeing’s Phantom Works outfit for advanced projects, will be tested off California’s Catalina Island in July to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new lithium batteries and to…

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