Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles

Details Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles

2011-06-07

2011-06-07

Venne, Daniel V (Department: 3617)

Ships

Towing or pushing

Towing by means of cable

Reexamination Certificate

active

07954442

ABSTRACT:
A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters and a U-shaped tube mounted to the outside of the hull of the watercraft below the waterline. A towed array is fed from a winch aboard the surface craft, through one end of the tube, and the fluid is introduced through into the interior of the tube to force the towed array for deployment through the tube and out a second end of the tube near the stern of the watercraft.

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