What are malfunctioning 5-point-anchors for?

I ventured into a lab (almost under my base; that's why the loading took so long all the months) and killed some phase shrikes, thus aquiring some activity suits and malfunctioning 5-point-anchors.

The purpose of activity suits I get, but what are these malfunctioning 5-point-anchors for? Why are they malfunctioning?