A recovery system for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) includes an elongate recovery container sized to contain the UUV, and a recovery cable coupled to the elongate recovery container, where the recovery cable is retractable into the elongate recovery container to capture and stow the UUV within the elongate recovery container. The system also includes the UUV, which includes a forward looking sonar system configured to locate the recovery cable and a capture clip coupled to a nose portion of the UUV, where the capture clip is configured to be releasably secured to the recovery cable. The UUV further includes at least one ballast tank capable of trimming the UUV to a vertical orientation.


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    Title :

    Vertical recovery for an unmanned underwater vehicle


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    Publication date :

    2018-09-04


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen



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