A big part of our business is "towed arrays", which are long thin cables instrumented with hydrophones (underwater microphones). These are towed by both submarines, and lately by unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). UUVs look "torpedo-like". A graphic of a torpedo-shaped vehicle towing a thin cable might be interesting. A bunch of small, evenly-spaced dots on the cable would represent the sensors. This might be the main graphic, or it could a smaller, more subtle graphic (maybe under the text). Don't want to get too cluttered, though. I'll rely on your judgement there.
I've posted this comment to a few of the other designers so if you see similar things popping up, that's why.
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