Conformal detachable platform array

A system for hydrodynamically attaching more than one unmanned, undersea platform to an outer surface of a submarine, the system comprising:

• more than one depression in a bow portion of the outer surface corresponding to the more than one platform, each depression shaped to receive one platform, the outer surface shaped to provide a smooth hydrodynamic shape in combination with the at least one platform within the at least one depression, the depressions arrayed about a circumference of the submarine;
• a submarine conformal sonar array on the outer surface, the array mating with a platform conformal sonar array on the more than one platform when the platforms are within the depressions, the submarine conformal sonar array and the platform conformal sonar array forming a continuous conformal sonar array;
• untethered communications means between the submarine and the platforms, the communications means providing control of weapons systems on the platforms;
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• a lifting means for exposing a leading edge of the more than one platform to a fluid flow about the submarine when the more than one platform is within the more than one depression, the flow further lifting the more than one platform out of the more than one depression.