Non-lethal naval vessel interdiction weapon
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsDavid D. Crouch, David R. Sar, Michael J. Holihan, Alf L. Carroll, III
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Abstract
A non-lethal naval vessel interdiction weapon is provided. The non-lethal naval vessel interdiction weapon includes a hydrodynamic hull, guidance and delivery systems housed in the hydrodynamic hull with the delivery system being controllable by the guidance system to drive a naval vessel impeding payload toward a target and a deployment system. The deployment system is configured to prepare the hydrodynamic hull for payload deployment and to deploy the naval vessel impeding payload toward the target following hull preparation.
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A non-lethal weapons system for interdiction of a swarm of naval vessels, the non-lethal weapons system comprising:
- non-lethal weapons;
- a launcher configured to launch each non-lethal weapon into water for interdiction operations;
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- a processor configured to provide a tactically useful hostile intent assessment alert and to manage identification and targeting of a corresponding naval vessel for each of the non-lethal weapons,
- each non-lethal weapon comprising a hydrodynamic hull, guidance and delivery systems housed in the hydrodynamic hull with the delivery system being controllable by the guidance system to drive a naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel and a deployment system configured to prepare the hydrodynamic hull for payload deployment and to deploy the naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel following hull preparation.
A non-lethal weapons system for interdiction of a swarm of naval vessels, the non-lethal weapons system comprising:
- non-lethal weapons;
- and
- a launcher configured to launch each non-lethal weapon into water for interdiction operations,
- each non-lethal weapon comprising a hydrodynamic hull, guidance and delivery systems housed in the hydrodynamic hull with the delivery system being controllable by the guidance system to drive a naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel and a deployment system configured to prepare the hydrodynamic hull for payload deployment and to deploy the naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel following hull preparation.
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