Towed Airborne Array System
Abstract
A towed airborne array system has a balloon that supports appropriate instrumentation packages overhead and is tethered to a towing ship to improve line-of-sight sensing and communication capabilities to up to about 100 nautical miles. These improved capabilities can benefit relatively small surface combatant ships (CG, DD, FFG) and might provide an alternative location for having countermeasures placed on a warship.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 12, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADD019900
Entities
People
- Christopher J. Colby
Organizations
- United States Department of the Navy