Towed Array Deployment System for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Abstract

A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters and a U-shaped tube mounted to the outside of the hull of the watercraft below the waterline. A towed array is fed from a winch aboard the surface craft, through one end of the tube, and the fluid is introduced through into the interior of the tube to force the towed array for deployment through the tube and out a second end of the tube near the stern of the watercraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2009
Accession Number
ADD020401

Entities

People

  • Thomas R. Stottlemeyer

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Composite Materials
  • Deployment
  • Fluids
  • Inventions
  • Linear Arrays
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Towed Arrays
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Valves
  • Vehicles
  • Water
  • Watercraft

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy