Crafty Battery Replacement

Hi Guys. I have looked into all the threads and videos covering this topic. Need to replace my Crafty's battery and ideally introduce a higher capacity batt into the device.

My question is regarding Maximum Continuous Discharge Current for the battery. I see that the original is rated for 10A Continuous, but all that is available in my country are 20A batteries. Would using a 20A battery as replacement cause the device not to work or cause any issues in general?

Battery in question: https://www.mantech.co.za/ProductInfo.aspx?Item=15M0455 SAMSUNG LI-ION 3V6 3000mAHr W/ TAGS

Any insights appreciated!

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Autonomous ships Market Insights, Share, Trends, Future Scope Analysis, Forecast 2026

Global Autonomous ships Market was valued at US$ 6.5Bn in 2017 and is expected to reach US$ 14.2Bn by 2026, at a CAGR of 10.26% during a forecast period.

Due are increasing seaborne trade. Rising in ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication and connectivity, rising demand for security from natural threats in sea. These technologies are being pursued most vigorously by the nuclear-armed nations and factors to impact more on the growth of Autonomous ships Market.

Based on the Application, Commercial segment is expected to hold the largest share in the market during the forecast period. Trends illustrate two sides of the same coin: as ships get bigger and companies aim at achieving economies of scale. Rising tourist and rising income are some effects in this segment growth, Changes in policymakers to support technological advances and cost savings. The report reveals, the top 10 liner shipping companies operated more than 61 per cent of the global container fleet. UNCTAD argues that it is a positive development for the revival of global trade because there is no shortage of carrying capacity and the cost of trade continues to decline in the long term. for example through economies Greece remained the leading ship-owning country, with Greek companies accounting for more than 16 per cent of the world industry, followed by companies from Japan, China, Germany and Singapore. In Autonomy, Fully Autonomous is also expected to lead the market growth.

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The report provides details list of drivers and restraints of the market, which are influencing the market growth.

Major driving factors of the autonomous ships are increased continuous global connectivity, benefit from a remote operator’s assistance, self-drive facilities, increase in the requirement of line fit for autonomous ships, eliminating the approximate 80% of maritime accidents attributed to human error as well as contribute to greater efficiency. Casualty losses, adverse weather conditions and criminal activities. Advances in sensor technology, retrofitting and renovation of old technology, data analytics and bandwidth to shore are fundamentally changing the way shipping works will create more opportunity in autonomous ships market. Fully autonomous unmanned ocean-going ships could be around by 2035. Natural Calamities and huge investment cost will act as a restraint to the market.

In terms of region, Europe is expected to hold the largest share in the market during the forecast period owing to increased security expenses, changing and developing technology, the expansion of economies and the rise in population in Asia also demanding more. Asian governments are increasing their defense spending at quite a higher rate, they are mainly doing this commensurately with their economic growth, increasing of Military & Security fields expenditures, more-intense competition are key factors for growth, Unmanned Cargo Ship Development Alliance has been set up in China – also including overseas partners ABS, R-R and Wartsila – which plans to deliver an unmanned cargo ship by October 2021. 

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Scope of the Report for Autonomous ships Market

Global Autonomous ships Market, by Autonomy
Fully Autonomous
Partial Autonomous

Global Autonomous ships Market, by Application
Commercial
Defence

Global Autonomous ships Market, by Solution
Systems
Software
Structures

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Global Autonomous ships Market, by Region
North America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Middle East & Africa
South America

Key Players Operating in Autonomous ships Market
GenCorp ATC
One Network Enterprises
ManTech International
Claxton Logistics
Minrav Holdings Ltd.
AECOM
KBR
Fluor Corporation
ANHAM
Klinge Corporation
DynCorp International
Lockheed Martin
ASELSAN A.S.
Honeywell
ANHAM
FedEx Supply Chain
American International Contractors

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Software as a service, space as a service - NSH

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NSH - NavSight Holdings, Inc. - $10.49

NSH/WS $1.90

Shares Out: 23M

Why I invested: Data mining, data synthesis, and space arena - this is just the type of stock Cathie Woods would invest in, and when she buys, millions will follow. Her 'space ark' ETF will be disclosed by the end of the month, I wanted to get in before that.

The company is forecasting revenue from the European Space Agency will be worth $2.7 billion over 25 years, and they expect to harvest much of that with their connections, not to mention the American opportunities. They already have satellites in space, they already have revenue (23M in 2020). They have a constellation of over 100 satellites. Spire Global said in its press release it's pioneering the space-as-a-service business model. Spire Global is offering fast, scalable and reliable access to space at a fraction of the cost and time, according to its presentation. The company’s satellites take three to six months from design to launch versus 12 months for competitors.

The leadership of this SPAC is dominated by multiple people who have spent their careers working in national security as well as providing differentiated expertise and technology to U.S. government customers in support of their national security, intelligence, and defense missions. They have worked at top government agencies in this area including the NSA, have grown businesses in the space and have invested in many others. In doing this, they obviously have developed an extensive network of contacts and relationships which will provide substantial sources of acquisition opportunities. My guess is that this will be in the cybersecurity space based on the leadership’s past experience. I have little doubt that they won’t find an ideal target as this is such a niche market that other SPACs are not targeting and the management team has so much experience in it.

IPOSize: $230M

Target: US government national security, intelligence and defense vendors in the tech space.

Companies that:

• Are differentiated expertise and technology to U.S. government customers in support of their national security, intelligence and defense missions.
• Have a defensible market position, possess a track record of maintaining and growing long-term customer relationships, and derive a majority of their revenue from prime contracts;
• Hold positions on large multi-year IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contracts and programs, and/or possess proprietary technology and and/or can deliver specialized capabilities;
• Have sole source positions on high priority and well-funded contracts and/or programs that can result in above average profitability margins;

Leadership:

Robert A. Coleman

• Founder, CEO and President of Integrated Data Systems Corporation, acquired by ManTech (defence contracting).
• Co-founder of Six3 Systems, Inc (cybersecurity, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services and technology to the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense).
• Former senior positions with Raytheon, SAIC and the Office of the White House.
• Advisory board member of the National Defense Industrial Association.
• Board member of BlackHorse Solutions (digital security), and Lookingglass Cyber Solutions (cyber security).

William P. Crowell

• Former Deputy Director of National Security Agency.
• Former Chairman of Broadware Technologies (Video surveillance software company).
• Former Director ArcSight, Inc (public security), Six3 Systems, AirPatrol Corporation (information security), Fixmo, Inc (mobile device security), SafeNet, Inc (encryption, data protection, and authentication solutions company).
• Former President and CEO Cylink Corporation (e-business security solutions).

Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton

• Partner at AIM13 CVP (Venture capital firm focused on investing in emerging technologies, especially in the defense, national security and intelligence domains).
  • Invested in Trinity Cyber (Cybersecurity), Whitefox (Drone airspace security), Allied Bioscience (Antimicrobial coatings).
• Former Deputy Chief (Operations)Counterterrorism Center, Chief of the National Resources Division at CIA.
• Former Deputy Chief of the International Terrorism Operations at FBI.
• Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State.

Gilman Louie

• Chairman of Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc. (Cybersecurity).
• Founder and former CEO of In-Q-Tel (CIA venture capital fund).
• Board of directors, Maxar (Space technology).
• Former Committee on Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies for the National Academies and member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
• The person who licensed Tetris.

Jack Pearlstein

• Involved with 40 acquisitions, mergers and divestitures.
• Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cision (software and services to public relations and marketing communications professionals).
• Former CFO of multiple tech/software companies.

thanks to user SolarFlareBeAware for his research.

Update - Government Contractor Stocks 2021

Following up on an earlier post where I was doing research into government contractors to look for buying opportunities.

I thought I'd share a refined list of the top 100 contractors.

This list is:

1. Based on a list of 2019 government contractors.
2. Ranked by $ amount of the contracts they had.
3. Publicly traded companies only.

Format is: COMPANY NAME/sector/stockticker/valuation (FV = fair value, UV = undervalued, OV = overvalued). Undervalued stocks are in bold.

Valuations are based on my own cursory research and are specific to this date and time (March 9th, 7pm EST)

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LOCKHEED MARTIN Areospace/defense LMT - UV

BOEING Areospace/defense BA - OV

GENERAL DYNAMICS Areospace/defense GD - UV

RAYTHEON COMPANY Weapons/Commercial Electronics RTX - FV

NORTHROP GRUMMAN World’s Larges Weapons Manufacturer NOC - UV

MCKESSON CORP Medical/Pharma/Medical Tech – MCK - UV

HUNTINGTON INGALLS Largest Military Shipbuilder HII - OV

LEIDOS HOLDINGS Infotech/biomedical/aerospace LDOS – FV

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES Communication/Space/Military Tech – LHX - UV

HUMANA INC For-profit Health Insurance Company HUM - UV

HONEYWELL Tech (also a consumer company) – HON - FV

BAE SYSTEMS British Arms/Security Company – BAESY - UV

FLUOR CORPORATION Engineering/Constuction – FLR - OV

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING Infotech/Management – BAH - UV

AECOM Multinational Engineering – ACM - FV

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL Infotech/Government Services – SAIC - UV

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Electronics/Engineering/Tech – GE - OV

GENERAL ATOMIC TECHNOLOGIES Research (focused on nuclear fission) – GLATF - OV

JACOBS ENGINEERING Engineering/Tech Services – J = OV

CENTENE CORP Healthcare – CNC - UV

KBR INC Engineering/Construction – KBR - FV

OSHKOSH CORP Trucks/Military Equipment Manufacturer – OSK - UV

CACI INTERNATIONAL INC Infotech (including for Homeland Security) – CACI - FV

PERSPECTA Infotech – just acquired Veritas – PRSP - OV

AMERISOURCEBERGEN Drug Wholesaler – ABC - UV

ACCENTURE INC Professional Services – ACN - FV

TEXTRON INC Manufacturer Planes and Vehicles – TXT - OV

LEONARDO SPA Aerospace (Italian based Company) – FINMF - OV

MERCK & CO Pharma – MRK - UV

AUSTAL LTD Shipbuilding (Australian Based) – AUTLF - OV

PAE HOLDING CORP Defense Contractor – PAE - UV

CDW CORP Tech – also for education – CDW - OV

IBM – Tech (obviously) – IBM - UV

PARSONS CORP Defense/Intelligence -PSN - FV

VECTRUS INC Defence Contractor – VEC - UV

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC Tech (obviously) – DELL - FV

PFIZER INC (Pharma) – PFE - UV

MANTECH INTERNATIONAL Infotech – MANT - FV

FEDEX Delivery Services – FDX - UV

GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pharma – GSK - UV

ROLLS-ROYCE Power systems for aviation – RYCEF - OV

VERIZON Telecom – VZ - UV

AT&T Telecom – T - FV

SERCO GROUP PLC Multinational Government Contracts – SECCF - OV

MICROSOFT CORP Tech – MSFT - UV

CERNER GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC Health IT – CERN - FV

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC Bio/Pharma – EBS - UV

TETRA TECH INC Consulting/Engineering – TTEK – Fair Value

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC Oil and Gas – RDS.B - OV

CARDINAL HEALTH INC Healthcare (14th highest revenue generating company in U.S. – CAH - UV

SANOFI Pharma (based in France) – SNY - FV

BP PLC Oil and gas – BP - FV

UNISYS CORP IT tech – UIS - OV

SECURITAS Security Firm – SCTBF - OV

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP Dredging and Land Reclamation GLDD) - UV

GEO GROUP INC, Prison/Mental Health Facility Real Estate – GEO - UV

INSIGHT ENTERPRISES INC IT - NSIT - UV

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If/when I take any positions in companies on this list, I will be focused on the ones that involve infrastructure (Biden's been vocal about that), 5G and pharma.

Ethically, I'm not interested in weapons, prisons, military-focused companies (which shortens the list to):

LOCKHEED MARTIN Areospace/defense LMT - UV

GENERAL DYNAMICS Areospace/defense GD - UV

MCKESSON CORP Medical/Pharma/Medical Tech – MCK - UV

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES Communication/Space/Military Tech – LHX - UV

HUMANA INC For-profit Health Insurance Company HUM - UV

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING Infotech/Management – BAH - UV

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL Infotech/Government Services – SAIC - UV

CENTENE CORP Healthcare – CNC - UV

AMERISOURCEBERGEN Drug Wholesaler – ABC - UV

MERCK & CO Pharma – MRK - UV

IBM – Tech (obviously) – IBM - UV

PFIZER INC (Pharma) – PFE - UV

FEDEX Delivery Services – FDX - UV

GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pharma – GSK - UV

VERIZON Telecom – VZ - UV

MICROSOFT CORP Tech – MSFT - UV

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC Bio/Pharma – EBS - UV

CARDINAL HEALTH INC Healthcare (14th highest revenue generating company in U.S. – CAH - UV

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP Dredging and Land Reclamation GLDD) - UV

INSIGHT ENTERPRISES INC IT - NSIT - UV

Making The National Guard Look Super Duper Professional.

FOB Orgun-e, East Paktika, Afghanistan, 2009.

We were outside of the wire, but still inside of a pretty safe area.

We had a crew-served weapons range on the west-ish side of our base, where we could run our MK-19's and .50 cal's, 240's, SAW's, and fuck around with our 203's. All with live ammunition. This was a good thing, because occasionally we had some minor rebuilds on the big guns, specifically the Mark 19, specifically my Mark 19 that kept eating its own guts, and we needed to be able to go out and test them. We didn't always have a lot of downtime, but weapons being in proper working order was one of the things that was a priority.

Trucks not running so great? Eh, if it's working, and ManTech (maintenance contractors) is willing to sign off on it, it's mission capable. Guns running funkily? Test 'em at the range.

So we were on our way back into the FOB from the range. For whatever reason I was TC'ing the LT's truck. Most trucks only had one radio in them, except for the Lieutenant's and the Platoon Sergeant's. I was the LT's gunner and the NCOIC of his vehicle. He was probably in a meeting or who knows, but the important part is that we had two radios. One set to our platoon internal net (radio channel), and one on the Command Net. The Command Net was all base radio traffic, and was manned at essentially the headquarters of our FOB, probably on a speaker rather than a handmike, and probably at a volume where anyone nearby could hear said traffic. Guaranteed the base Commander was nearby, and everybody else populating the "headshed".

Did I mention we were National Guard? We were supporting elements of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and even though we'd proved ourselves by this point in time, I knew what they thought of us. I'd been active duty Airborne once, and I remember my thoughts on the Legs in Iraq, let alone the Nasty Girls we had to deal with from time to time.

So, we were rolling back in to the FOB, approaching the rear gate, and my gunner lost a pen flare. Pen flares are what they sound like. It's a little launcher that launches tiny cute little flares. You load one in the end of your launcher, point it like an angry teacher or a wizard with a magic wand, pull the knob back and let it go, and a flare goes sailing out the front end. We used them for escalation of force. If a car was being weird you'd get all yelly at them and if the didn't slow down you'd lob a pen flare at them before firing warning shots. Usually they'd swerve around like crazy and then stop. I never had to fire any warning shots. I think the pen flares were probably pretty scary looking when they were flying at you. Much more visible than even a tracer, and totally harmless.

So, we were rolling back in to the FOB and I'm guessing I was on the Battalion net to let them know we were rolling back into the FOB. One of my dudes, solid dude, was in the turret and had his pen-fucking-flare-launcher loaded and unsecured. There's no safety on them, it's just a tube with a spring and a firing pin. It's like an old revolver, if you drop it hard enough it goes bang.

We were not expecting it. It fell into the truck and went off. Inside of an armored vehicle. There was nowhere for it to go.

POP

ZIP

ZERP

SWOOSH

FRIZZLE

FRY

SWISHHHH........

The interior of our vic was immediately filled with acrid smoke from a small rocket of a flare bouncing and skipping around inside of it, cussing, and confusion.

Over our internal comm's, an open channel inside the vehicle...

"Goddam! What the fuckin fuck?"

"Motherfucker!"

"Fuck. Sorry."

"Goddamnit, Bash! That you?"

"Yeah, sorry."

"What the fuck, dude! Everybody okay?"

And then the platoon internal radio traffic, because our lead truck had just 'popped' and smoke was coming out of the cuppola.

"RG-One, you guys good?"

And...I thumbed my push to talk, "Yeah, we're good. Fuckin' Bash Brother just lit off a goddamned pen-flare inside the vic. We're good."

Except I was on the Battalion net.

"Last Station, Chicken Seven-One, say again."

Fuck...Me....

"Chicken Seven-One, disregard all last. We're having hot-mike issues."