Inventors:
Michelle K. Estaphan - Jamestown RI
Frederick J. Frodyma - Tiverton RI
Guy T. Railey - Middletown RI
Daniel M. Viccione - Westerly RI
Assignee:
Raytheon Company - Waltham MA
International Classification:
G01S 1500
Abstract:
The sonar array system includes a receive array of hydrophones and a transmit array of acoustic projectors disposed on a common axis. The sonar array system can be coupled to a ship and deployed and recovered from a single winch and through a single ship hull penetrator. When towed through water by the ship, the sonar array system provides a substantially horizontal transmit/receive array.