Preliminary Design and Prototyping Results of an Encapsulated Underwater Launch System for Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Abstract

After a brief overview of the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) System Center in San Diego, the briefing goes on to discuss Waterworks. Waterworks is a new innovations cell at SPAWAR designed to react rapidly to warfighter needs. The team has demonstrated its capabilities by designing and building a prototype underwater launch system for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480879

Entities

People

  • Chris Mailey
  • Daniel Sura
  • James Buescher
  • Ryan Stenson

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Electro-Optics
  • Fiber Optics
  • Information Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Product Prototyping
  • Prototypes
  • Software Prototyping
  • Tube Launched
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers