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.

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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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Antisubmarine Aircraft
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Buoys
  • Countermeasures
  • Data Transmission
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Fibers
  • Instrumentation
  • Inventions
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Fibers
  • Submarines

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.