Under the Pentagon's Foreign Comparative test program, the Navy will look at a berthing pod for submarines that may make sleeping on a sub more comfortable for some crewmembers, the Defense Department announced today. DOD is funding 17 new FCT programs and continuing funding for 20 more, the announcement states. The submarine-berthing pod program was started by the Royal Netherlands Navy, according to the Pentagon. "Submarine crewmembers are regularly required to sleep (and often hot bunk) in temporary torpedo room...
