A recovery system (100) for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) (101) includes an elongate recovery container (102) sized to contain the UUV, and a recovery cable (103) coupled to the elongate recovery container (102), where the recovery cable (103) is retractable into the elongate recovery container (102) to capture and stow the UUV (101) within the elongate recovery container (102). The system (100) also includes the UUV, which includes a forward looking sonar system (111) configured to locate the recovery cable (103) and a capture clip (112) coupled to a nose portion (113) of the UUV, where the capture clip (112) is configured to be releasably secured to the recovery cable (103). The UUV further includes at least one ballast tank (115) capable of trimming the UUV (101) to a vertical orientation.
VERTICAL RECOVERY FOR AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE
VERTIKALE BERGUNG FÜR EIN UNBEMANNTES UNTERWASSERFAHRZEUG
RÉCUPÉRATION DE VERTICALE POUR UN VÉHICULE SOUS-MARIN SANS ÉQUIPAGE
06.11.2019
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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