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    Navy launches UAV from submerged

    submarine
    5 December 2013

    dedication and ability to address emerging fleet


    priorities."

    The successful submerged launch of a remotely


    deployed UAS offers a pathway to providing
    mission critical intelligence, surveillance and
    reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to the U.S.
    Navy's submarine force.

    Operating under support of the Los Angeles class


    submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) and the
    Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Newport Division
    (NUWC-NPT), the NRL developed XFC UAS -
    eXperimental Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial System -
    was fired from the submarine's torpedo tube using
    a 'Sea Robin' launch vehicle system. The Sea
    Robin launch system was designed to fit within an
    XFC UAS launch in time-lapsed photography. Deployed
    empty Tomahawk launch canister (TLC) used for
    from the submerged submarine USS Providence, the
    NRL developed XFC unmanned aircraft is vertically
    launching Tomahawk cruise missiles already
    launched from a 'Sea Robin' launch vehicle (bottom familiar to submarine sailors.
    right). The folding wing UAS autonomously deploys its X-
    wing airfoil and after achieving a marginal altitude, Once deployed from the TLC, the Sea Robin
    assumes horizontal flight configuration. Credit: (NAVSEA- launch vehicle with integrated XFC rose to the
    AUTEC) ocean surface where it appeared as a spar buoy.
    Upon command of Providence Commanding
    Officer, the XFC then vertically launched from Sea
    Robin and flew a successful several hour mission
    The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with demonstrating live video capabilities streamed back
    funding from SwampWorks at the Office of Naval to Providence, surface support vessels and Norfolk
    Research (ONR) and the Department of Defense before landing at the Naval Sea Systems
    Rapid Reaction Technology Office (DoD/RRTO) Command Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation
    demonstrated the launch of an all-electric, fuel cell- Center (AUTEC), Andros, Bahamas.
    powered, unmanned aerial system (UAS) from a
    submerged submarine. From concept to fleet "This six-year effort represents the best in
    demonstration, this idea took less than six years to collaboration of a Navy laboratory and industry to
    produce results at significant cost savings when produce a technology that meets the needs of the
    compared to traditional programs often taking special operations community," said Dr. Warren
    decades to produce results. Schultz, program developer and manager, NRL.
    "The creativity and resourcefulness brought to this
    "Developing disruptive technologies and quickly project by a unique team of scientists and
    getting them into the hands of our sailors is what engineers represents an unprecedented paradigm
    our SwampWorks program is all about," said Craig shift in UAV propulsion and launch systems."
    A. Hughes, Acting Director of Innovation at ONR.
    "This demonstration really underpins ONR's The NRL Chemistry and Tactical Electronic

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    Warfare Divisions team includes the design-builder
    of the Sea Robin, Oceaneering International Inc.,
    Hanover, Md.; the fuel cell developer Protonex
    Technology Corp., Southborough, Mass.; and
    NUWC-NPT's Autonomous and Defensive Systems
    Department for Temporary Alteration (TEMPALT)
    and test demonstration support.

    The XFC is a fully autonomous, all electric fuel cell


    powered folding wing UAS with an endurance of
    greater than six hours. The non-hybridized power
    plant supports the propulsion system and payload
    for a flight endurance that enables relatively low
    cost, low altitude, ISR missions. The XFC UAS
    uses an electrically assisted take off system which
    lifts the plane vertically out of its container and
    therefore, enables a very small footprint launch
    such as from a pickup truck or small surface vessel.

    Provided by Naval Research Laboratory


    APA citation: Navy launches UAV from submerged submarine (2013, December 5) retrieved 7
    September 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2013-12-navy-uav-submerged-submarine.html

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