Raytheon Company

David A Sharp

James R Sturges

Douglas L Veilleux, Ii

Frank H Hitzke

Joseph Ricci, Jr

Marc A Brown

Patrick M Brogan

Emily J Pikor

David J Salisbury

William F Horan

Frederick J Frodyma

Christopher Blake

William E Komm

Haywood Hartwell

John R Guarino

Gregory S Rosche

Domenic F Napolitano

David A Giroux

Edward M Gaboriault, Jr

Craig W Bradford

Michael W Little

Michael A Gonzalez

Karl G Daxland

Christopher C Mello

Namir W Habboosh

Raymond A Janssen

Leonard V Livernois

Thomas S Wiggin

Arthur J Pedro

Douglas L Veilleux Ii

Edward M Gaboriault Jr

A method of engaging an automated breakout assembly includes receiving, by a tow socket having a rotatable sleeve multiple mating connectors, a cable into the tow socket through a slot. The cable comprises a tow ball. Each mating connector is electrically coupled to an electrical conductor. The method includes receiving, by the rotatable sleeve, the randomly-aligned tow ball through an entrance. The method includes rotating a cam configured to rotate the rotatable sleeve to substantially align the mating connectors of the tow socket with connectors of the tow ball such that each electrical conductor electrically coupled to a mating connector couples to a corresponding connector of the tow ball. The method includes transferring a tow loading force between the cable and the tow socket by moving the cable.

Automated cable breakout assembly

A tow body and associated method have an acoustic projector that can be rotated about a vertical plane while the tow body is being towed through the water. In some embodiments, the tow body and method allow the tow body to be coupled to a tow cable while the tow cable is being towed through the water and under tension.

Sonar systems and sonar methods that use a tow body having a towed acoustic projector for which an orientation can be changed while being towed

An anchor holds a variety of mooring system elements, including processor-controlled cable brakes, prior to deployment of the anchor. The anchor is configured to automatically deploy the elements of the mooring system into a desired underwater configuration. A method of deploying an ocean anchor includes controlling cable brakes and results in the elements of the mooring system being deployed into a desired underwater configuration.

Anchor containing a self deploying mooring system and method of automatically deploying the mooring system from the anchor

An easily deployable data relay buoy, in some embodiments, has a diesel powered alternator and storage battery, providing long service life. The data relay buoy has mechanical characteristics that allow it to maintain antenna stability in the presence of seas states from at least zero through four and to survive in sea states up to sea state six.

Autonomous data relay buoy

An acoustic method and apparatus for an acoustic system use a transceiver module, which can transmit to a transmit acoustic element of a transmit sonar array and receive from a receive acoustic element of a receive sonar array in accordance with a common transmit/receive control signal.

Method and apparatus for acoustic system having a transceiver module

A buoy flotation system, wherein a container of a compressed fluid is utilized for expansion of a float, includes a cutter for severing and removal of a portion of the container for releasing the compressed fluid. The cutter includes a piston having a recess in a side wall thereof for mating with the container, the piston being contained within a housing, the piston and the housing having cutting edges. An explosive charge drives the piston transversely of the container whereupon the cutting edges sever and remove a portion of the container for evacuation of the compressed fluid therefrom.

Buoy flotation system

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David A Sharp