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Methods and apparatus for marine deployment

  • US 8,056,461 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2008
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An underwater method of deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:

  • releasing a floatable canister from a submerged surface of a marine vehicle, wherein a launch tube is further disposed within the floatable canister and is configured to house the unmanned aerial vehicle;

    allowing the floatable canister to controllably rise to the surface of the water;

    detecting the direction of a prevailing wind and orienting the floatable canister such that the unmanned aerial vehicle has a predetermined heading with respect to the prevailing wind andlaunching the unmanned aerial vehicle out of the launch tube with an ejection system configured to engage the launch tube.

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