Modular deployment and retrieval system for unmanned sub-carriers

A deployment and retrieval system for unmanned sub-carriers, the system comprising:

• one or more carrier platforms, each carrier platform comprising:
• an array of sensors, the array of sensors including a GPS module;
• a wireless communications module;
• propulsion and steering means;
• one or more docking stations for holding, deploying, or retrieving an unmanned sub-carrier;
• and
• a controller equipped with navigation and positioning modules configured to autonomously navigate the carrier platform across a water body surface;
• one or more unmanned sub-carriers, each sub-carrier being docked on a carrier platform and comprising:
• an array of sensors, the array of sensors;
• a wireless communications module;
• propulsion and steering means;
• and
• a controller equipped with navigation and positioning modules configured to autonomously navigate the sub-carrier and carry out operations in a marine environment;
• and
• an intelligent central control system, the central control system comprising one or more servers in wireless communication with each of the one or more carrier platforms and one or more of the sub-carriers, and being configured to receive navigation, positioning, and mission data from the one or more carrier platforms and sub-carriers and to coordinate the movements and operations of the one or more carrier platforms and sub-carriers.