Recoverable Optical Fiber Tethered Buoy Assembly

Abstract

The invention as disclosed is a recoverable tethered optical fiber buoy and winch assembly that is mounted to the back of the sail or the back of an aft non-moving surface of an underwater vehicle and housed in a configuration to provide very little additional drag to the underwater vehicle when the assembly is not deployed. The invention provides a capability to connect ocean surface visual or radio frequency sensors to an underwater mobile platform with a very high data rate link that is retrievable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2008
Accession Number
ADD020367

Entities

People

  • Charles P. Amidon

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Data Rate
  • Detectors
  • Electric Motors
  • Fibers
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Detectors
  • Technology Transfer
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.