Yeah, I've worked in this space for many years (more on the autonomous vehicle side, but certainly work with acoustic folks) and am very familiar with the WHOI

Yeah, I've worked in this space for many years (more on the autonomous vehicle side, but certainly work with acoustic folks) and am very familiar with the WHOI affiliates and the ONR sponsors. You're not wrong. The multiple reference to the dock being too short to perform longer range testing also struck me as odd. It's very simple to get an academic or industry partner to strap a device on a two boats for a test. It's done all the time. WHOI is always testing vehicles. Something's not adding up.