Raytheon Company

Domenic F Napolitano

John Carcone

Douglas L Veilleux, Ii

David A Sharp

Frank H Hitzke

Marc A Brown

William E Komm

Michael W Little

Craig W Bradford

Douglas L Veilleux Ii

An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) shipboard launcher system, which comprises a deployment device and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) launcher. The UUV launcher includes a frame, a canister coupler to facilitate coupling of a communication line canister of a UUV to the launcher, and a UUV coupling device supported about the frame to releasably secure the UUV to the launcher. The UUV launcher also includes an arming pin engagement feature supported about the frame, and operable to engage an arming pin of the UUV upon being secured to the launcher, as well as a separation device supported about the frame and adapted to force the UUV away from the UUV launcher upon release of the UUV by the UUV coupling device, which separation may function to remove the arming pin and arm the UUV.

Unmanned underwater vehicle launcher

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

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Barrington, RI, United States of America

Domenic F Napolitano