An Apparatus for Deploying and Recovering a Towed Acoustic Line Array from an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

Abstract

A free flooded section of an unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) contains a rotating cylindrical drum, which serves as a spool for a towed line array cable. At the end of the cable is a reverse thruster with the ability to propel itself away from the UUV when the UUV is submerged. The thruster moves away from the UUV, pulling the cable and unspooling it as it does so in order to deploy the array. To recover the array, the cylindrical drum rotates to reel in the cable. The cable is guided through a series of winding guides that allow the cable to be wound evenly on the drum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 2003
Accession Number
ADD020131

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Ead

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Arrays
  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Data Processing
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Inventions
  • Motors
  • Rhode Island
  • Three Dimensional
  • Towed Arrays
  • Undersea Warfare
  • United States
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster