Accession Number:

ADD014856

Title:

Low Drag Homing Torpedo Nose Assembly Having Side Mounted Planar Arrays.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 19 Feb 81, patented 5 Feb 91,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Thompson, William, Jr

Report Date:

1991-02-05

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

A low drag nose assembly for use with an acoustic homing torpedo in an aqueous environment has at least one planar array mounted in the slanting side of a substantially conical support member and provides a plurality of preformed sonar beams which display an azimuth selectively extending from fore to aft simultaneously.

Descriptors:

• ACOUSTIC TORPEDOES
• ARRAYS
• ASSEMBLY
• CONICAL BODIES
• ENVIRONMENTS
• HOMING TORPEDOES
• LOW DRAG
• MOUNTS
• NOSES
• PLANAR STRUCTURES
• SIDES
• SUPPORTS
• WATER

Subject Categories:

• Torpedoes
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE