Development of an Air-Deployable Ocean Profiler

Abstract

This project s objective was to design and build an ADOP to be deployed from aircraft through an Asized (4.875 inch diameter, 36 inches long) sonobuoy tube. The performance goal was 200 dives to 400 m depth with a scientific payload of 1.5 kg using Iridium communication and GPS locating at the surface. ADOP was intended to be the basis for air-deployed arrays that establish persistent area surveillance over regions O(100 km) on a side without post-deployment maintenance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556859

Entities

People

  • Russ E. Davis

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Alkaline Batteries
  • Ambient Noise
  • Buoyancy
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Field Tests
  • Floats
  • Lithium Batteries
  • Oceans
  • Parachutes
  • Radio Communications
  • Release

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites