The Boeing Company

Matthew Joseph Ragozzino

James Joseph Bonang

Randall L Mosten

Michael Jeffrey Greenfield

Steven Lee Gall

Gary F Tougas

Systems and methods are provided for aerostat deployable from sonobuoy launch container. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a capsule configured to launch from an aircraft and float in seawater with one or more sonobuoys. The capsule includes a receiver configured to receive sonobuoy data from the one or more sonobuoys, a transmitter configured to transmit the sonobuoy data to the aircraft, a cable configured to power the transmitter via a battery, and a reaction chamber including a reactant and configured to generate a gas from the seawater mixing with the reactant. The capsule also includes an aerostat tethered to the capsule via the cable and configured to inflate with the gas produced by the reaction chamber, and to ascend above the capsule with the transmitter to increase a distance for transmitting the sonobuoy data to the aircraft.

Aerostat deployable from sonobuoy launch container

A sonar target simulator ('STS') for training a sonar operator is disclosed. The STS is configured to create a plurality of simulated scenarios within a gaming area having a plurality of environments. The STS includes one or more memory units storing real-world collected data, one or more processing units, and a computer-readable medium. The real-world collected data includes background signatures related to the plurality of simulated environments. The computer-readable medium has encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to generate a target signature from real-world collected data, generate an environmental model from the real-world data, and combine the target signature with the environmental model to create a simulated scenario, of the plurality of simulated scenarios, for use in the gaming area. In this example, the environmental model corresponds to an environment of the plurality of environments.

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Costa Mesa, CA, United States of America

Matthew Joseph Ragozzino