Veille Maritime

NOVEMBER 12, 2015 — File this under "where are they now?" Remember the Lockheed Martin designed Sea SLICE? It was built in 1996 by Nichols Brothers and Pacific Marine & Supply as as a technology demonstrator for the Navy at a cost of $15 million. Lockheed Martin's high-speed SLICE ship technology is similar to traditional Small Waterplance Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessels except that instead of two torpedo-like submerged hulls supported by short struts, SLICE has four small low-drag hulls placed…