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Monday, September 29, 2008

‘Hybrid’ sailors drive LCS anti-sub module

The gray-hulled boat cut a clean line along San Diego Bay, zipping by small sailboats, lingering at times as its onboard systems scanned the surface and below.

Sonar Technician 2nd Class (SW) Benjamin Jett was driving the boat, but he wasn’t aboard. Instead, he was sitting at a computer console inside a portable container.

It was part of a Sept. 18 demonstration at Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command at Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., a day before the rollout of the antisubmarine warfare mission module to be used on littoral combat ships.

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