Catamaran surface vessel with removable mission-specific payload module
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorErik F. Item
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Abstract
A system includes a catamaran configured for use in a body of water and having twin hulls, the catamaran comprising an opening between the twin hulls, the opening having a size and shape substantially the same as a payload module. The system also includes the payload module removably coupled to the catamaran in the opening between the twin hulls. The system further includes a common interface coupled to the payload module and the catamaran, the common interface configured to exchange utilities between the payload module and the catamaran.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a catamaran configured for use in a body of water and having twin hulls, the catamaran comprising an opening between the twin hulls, the opening having a size and shape substantially the same as a payload module;
- the payload module removably coupled to the catamaran in the opening between the twin hulls;
- and
- a common interface coupled to the payload module and the catamaran, the common interface configured to exchange utilities between the payload module and the catamaran.
A payload module for use with a catamaran, the payload module comprising:
- a connection point for a common interface configured to couple to a second connection point for the common interface on the catamaran, the common interface configured to exchange utilities between the payload module and the catamaran,
- wherein the payload module is configured to be removably installed in an opening between twin hulls of the catamaran, the opening having a size and shape substantially the same as the payload module.
A method comprising:
- loading a payload module into an opening in a catamaran;
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- coupling a first connection point for a common interface on the payload module to a second connection point for the common interface on the catamaran, the common interface configured to exchange utilities between the payload module and the catamaran, wherein the catamaran is configured for use in a body of water and having twin hulls, the opening located between the twin hulls, the opening having a size and shape substantially the same as the payload module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.