Research/Patents/US 5600087
US 5600087

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE EXPENDABLE UNDERWATER VEHICLE

Assignee

SIPPICAN, INC.

Filed

Mar 21, 1995

Granted

Feb 4, 1997

Location

EAST FREETOWN MA US

Abstract

An expendable underwater vehicle for use in training naval forces in anti-submarine warfare in ocean waters is between about three to five feet in length and about five inches in diameter, and it is field programmable. The expendable underwater vehicle can be programmed in the field at the location where the vehicle actually will be used as a training device. A system for field programming the vehicle comprises a run geometry generator and a portable interface module. The run geometry generator downloads the operational parameters to the portable interface module, and the portable interface module then downloads the operational parameters into the vehicle. These operational parameters are stored in the vehicle and then used by the vehicle during an in-water run.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Sep 15, 1995

Rescinded

Jan 26, 1996

Duration

4 months

Inventor

  • 1RAYMOND A. CHACE

Record Details

Patent number
US 5600087
Application
08408559
Aerospace match
No
Dataset source
35 USC §181 SO records

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