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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Thomas R. Stottlemyer, Noank, CT (US);
Richard C. Mewer, Kittery, ME (US);
Mark A. Maugle, Groton, CT (US);
Thomas R. Stottlemyer, Noank, CT (US);
Richard C. Mewer, Kittery, ME (US);
Mark A. Maugle, Groton, CT (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secertary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters and a U-shaped tube mounted to the outside of the hull of the watercraft below the waterline. A towed array is fed from a winch aboard the surface craft, through one end of the tube, and the fluid is introduced through into the interior of the tube to force the towed array for deployment through the tube and out a second end of the tube near the stern of the watercraft.
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