HII Delivers Virginia-Class Submarine Massachusetts to US Navy
, including more than 20 in Massachusetts that support Virginia-class submarine construction at NNS.Nuclear-powered fast attack submarine Massachusetts was christened in May 2023 at NNS by ship’s sponsor Sheryl Sandberg, founder of Lean In, and former chief operating officer of Meta (formerly Facebook)
US Lawmakers Tech CEOs to Address Security Concerns About Subsea Cables
Three Republican House lawmakers on Monday asked the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta, Amazon.com and Microsoft if they have adopted adequate safeguards to address growing national security concerns on submarine communications cables.Washington has been raising alarm about the network of more than 400 subsea cables that handle 99% of international internet traffic and about threats from China and Russia.The letter raised concerns that entities affiliated with China "such as SBSS, Huawei Marine, China Telecom, and China Unicom, have continued to provide maintenance or servicing to
Teledyne Marine's 2025 Photo and Data Contest Is Now Open
cameras.Winners of the four jury-selected categories will receive a KODAK PIXPRO WPZ2 Rugged Waterproof Digital Camera.How to Enter:Upload your best photos or data samples to the contest page before September 30, 2025.Promote your submission by sharing it on social media—tagging @TeledyneMarine on Facebook and using #TeledyneMarine on LinkedIn—to encourage votes.You’ll need to rally at least five votes to qualify for an award and a panel of Teledyne Marine technical experts will assess images, 50% based on technical quality and 50% on storytelling impact, ensuring a fair
Building AI’s Subsea Cable Infrastructure
Let’s say you’re looking for something fun to do with your family this weekend and you ask Meta AI to suggest something. Based on the home location you’ve listed as part of your Facebook profile, recent views of reels featuring live performances by various country artists and its memory that you have a partner and two young kids, new functionality in Meta AI might suggest tickets for a country music show at your local arena and reservations at a local brunch spot.Meta is rolling out a more personalized assistant capable of doing this, and it is also about to roll out a 50,000 kilometer
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Submarine Networks
of east-west traffic grew at an even faster rate – and soon dwarfed north-south traffic levels. The east-west growth arose from virtualization, cloud computing, and the intensive use of databases and internal applications that require constant server-to-server communication. For example, your Facebook page may look like a single pane of information, but it’s actually a collage of multiple information streams that come from different parts of the virtualized cloud of storage. And this east-west growth can happen over long distances.To explain why, let’s look at the Facebook model,
Meet ‘Super GPS’: XONA Ups the Space Race Ante
to know, ‘am I on the right side of the road’? That’s the system that we're building.So can you give a ‘by the numbers’ look at XONA today?If you look at some of the other incredibly impactful technologies in history; the iPhone with 2-3 billion iPhones sold; Facebook and 3 billion users – there are more than 5.5 billion people in the world that have access to the internet, and there's more than 6 billion active GPS devices. It's on a scale that very few, if any, technologies have ever gotten to. That's what gets us excited is that all
Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take on China
now, sailors on Diego Garcia were tipped off last year. Captain Richard Payne, then-commander on Diego Garcia, mentioned the cable during a Feb. 9 guest appearance on the base’s local radio station, “99.1 The Eagle,” a recording of which was posted on the Navy radio station’s Facebook page.Payne, who was fielding questions submitted by listeners, volunteered that an unusual vessel could be sighted off the western shore of Diego Garcia.“We’re going to have fiber optics here on the island very soon,” Payne told the program’s host, Alex Kerska or “DJ
Titanic Tourist Sub Still Missing as Rescuers Race Against Time
body" and could result in death.Pogue also documented a failed dive in which communications "somehow broke down" with the surface ship and the submersible never found the Titanic.Harding, a UAE-based businessman and adventurer who is chairman of Action Aviation, posted a message on Facebook on Saturday, saying: "This mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023."Fellow tourist Dawood is vice chairman of Engro, one of Pakistan's largest conglomerates with investments ranging from fertilisers and energy to vehicle manufacturing.The sinking
Titanic Exploration Submersible Missing, Rescue Efforts Underway
from the Coast Guard and Canada's defense ministry.OceanGate said, "We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to reestablish contact with the submersible."Harding's stepson wrote on Facebook that Harding had "gone missing on submarine" and asked for "thoughts and prayers." The stepson subsequently removed the post, citing respect for the family's privacy.Harding himself had posted on Facebook a day earlier that he would be aboard the sub. There have been no posts
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