Accession Number:

ADD012461

Title:

Torpedo Cableless Umbilical.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Reeser,Floyd H.
• Quinn,Francis G.

Report Date:

1986-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

A communications link between a submarine and a torpedo secure within a launch tube flooded with seawater. A transmitreceive light beam pair propagating through the water provides the high bandwidth data channels between the tube wall and the adjacent torpedo hull for two-way communication.

Descriptors:

• *PATENTS
• *OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• *UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS
• DATA LINKS
• TORPEDO TUBES
• TORPEDOES

Subject Categories:

• Torpedoes
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE