Raytheon Company

Gregory S Rosche

James R Sturges

David A Sharp

Patrick M Brogan

Joseph Ricci, Jr

Michael A Gonzalez

Arthur J Pedro

A submersible towed body deployment and recovery device is disclosed. The device can include a support structure supportable by a surface watercraft, and configured for rotational and translational movement relative to the watercraft. Additionally, the device can include a towed body interface structure supported by the support structure and configured to interface with and support a wing and a forward end of a towed body. The support structure can be movable between a deploy/recovery position in which at least a portion of the towed body interface structure extends into water about the watercraft and a stowed position in which the towed body interface structure positions the towed body out of the water. Coordinated rotational and translational movement of the support structure can utilize buoyancy of the towed body in the water to minimize loading on the deployment and recovery device when moving between the deploy/recovery position and the stowed position.

Submersible towed body deployment and recovery device

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

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Waltham, MA, United States of America

Gregory S Rosche