Textron Innovations Inc.

Peter Charles Robichaux

Troy Cyril Schank

Jeffrey Paul Nissen

Jason Paul Hurst

Todd Christopher Worden

A seabased resupply system includes a fuel containment structure containing fuel and extending fore and aft along a longitudinal axis, a pump on the fuel containment structure operable to pump the fuel, containers located on an exterior of opposite lateral sides of the fuel containment structure, and an operating system located inside one or more of the containers, the operating system comprising at least one selected from a power supply, a communication system, and a control processor.

Autonomous seabased resupply system

An exemplary autonomous seabased resupply system includes an unmanned blob positioned in a water body, the blob containing fuel, a pump on the blob configured to pump the fuel through a conduit to a craft, and a ballast system operable to change a vertical position of the blob in the water body.

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Mary Ester, FL, United States of America

Peter Charles Robichaux