Under-Ice Surveillance Buoy

Abstract

An air-launched sonobuoy, particularly useful for under-ice surveillance, carries a descent-retardation parachute whose lanyards activate a surface float during descent. Upon impact into an ice region, a slip-rod is jarred loose from the cannister top thus freeing the surface float, and its RF antenna, to remain above the ice while the remainder of the components deploy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 17, 2000
Accession Number
ADD019870

Entities

People

  • Bruce W. Travor
  • Donald H. Scott Iii
  • Martha E. Snyderwine
  • Roger A. Holler

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Launched
  • Buoys
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Floats
  • Inventions
  • Parachute Canopies
  • Parachutes
  • Patents
  • Release
  • Retardation
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Sonobuoys
  • Surveillance
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies