A method (300) for deploying a payload (8) into a body of water (200) using a deployment vessel (10), the deployment vessel (10) including a hull (12) defining a payload compartment (54), the method (300) including positioning (302) the payload (8) in the payload compartment (54) of the deployment vessel (10), the deployment vessel (10) and the payload (8) having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying (304) the deployment vessel (10) into the water (200) at a drop zone (202), wherein the deployment vessel (10) moves horizontally (H) through the water (200) as it submerges vertically downward (V) under a force of gravity, changing (310) the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance (D) is established between the drop zone (202) and the deployment vessel (10), thereby causing the deployment vessel (10) to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening (318) the hull (12) to release the payload (8) therefrom.
WATERBORNE PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT VESSEL AND METHOD
BEHÄLTER FÜR WÄSSRIGE NUTZLASTENTFALTUNG UND VERFAHREN
RÉCIPIENT DE DÉPLOIEMENT DE CHARGE UTILE À BASE AQUEUSE ET PROCÉDÉ
2018-07-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
NTIS | 1987
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