Deployable Hull Array System

Abstract

The subject invention is a rigid sensor array system for an underwater vehicle having an inner hull and an outer hull. A guide means is positioned between the vehicle's inner and outer hulls, and a sensor array panel is mounted slid ably on the guide means. An exit slot is formed in said outer hull allowing the sensor array panel to slide out from between the hulls to a deployed position extending from the outer hull. The guide means is provided as tracks on either side of the array panel. In a further embodiment, a drive means is provided for moving the array panel from between the hulls to its deployed position.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 1998
Accession Number
ADD019260

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Glenning

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signals
  • Aircrafts
  • Composite Materials
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Guidance
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Currents
  • Patent Applications
  • Telescoping Structures
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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