KCF Technologies, Inc. Retractable UUV Antenna with Smart Tether Navigation

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Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used in applications where long-term underwater operation is required. The ability to communicate rapidly while still submerged is very beneficial to UUVs. KCF Technologies has developed the Smart Tether, a tethered antenna that supports two-way RF communication and GPS reception. This product conserves power and enhances performance of the system by enabling real-time transmission of high-bandwidth data and images while the UUV remains submerged and continues to operate. Incorporating the Smart Tether technology into the antenna buoy tether provides an additional benefit of an accurate GPS position fix while the UUV remains submerged. This further extends the mission capabilities by providing a reference position fix to the inertial navigation without expending time and power to return to the surface. Funding source: US Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR N08-194
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Description
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used in applications where long-term underwater operation is required. The ability to communicate rapidly while still submerged is very beneficial to UUVs. KCF Technologies has developed the Smart Tether, a tethered antenna that supports two-way RF communication and GPS reception. This product conserves power and enhances performance of the system by enabling real-time transmission of high-bandwidth data and images while the UUV remains submerged and continues to operate. Incorporating the Smart Tether technology into the antenna buoy tether provides an additional benefit of an accurate GPS position fix while the UUV remains submerged. This further extends the mission capabilities by providing a reference position fix to the inertial navigation without expending time and power to return to the surface. Funding source: US Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR N08-194

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KCF Technologies, Inc.
State College, PA, USA
Retractable UUV Antenna with Smart Tether Navigation
Retractable UUV Antenna with Smart Tether Navigation
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used in applications where long-term underwater operation is required. The ability to communicate rapidly while still submerged is very beneficial to UUVs. KCF Technologies has developed the Smart Tether, a tethered antenna that supports two-way RF communication and GPS reception. This product conserves power and enhances performance of the system by enabling real-time transmission of high-bandwidth data and images while the UUV remains submerged and continues to operate. Incorporating the Smart Tether technology into the antenna buoy tether provides an additional benefit of an accurate GPS position fix while the UUV remains submerged. This further extends the mission capabilities by providing a reference position fix to the inertial navigation without expending time and power to return to the surface. Funding source: US Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR N08-194

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used in applications where long-term underwater operation is required. The ability to communicate rapidly while still submerged is very beneficial to UUVs. KCF Technologies has developed the Smart Tether, a tethered antenna that supports two-way RF communication and GPS reception. This product conserves power and enhances performance of the system by enabling real-time transmission of high-bandwidth data and images while the UUV remains submerged and continues to operate. Incorporating the Smart Tether technology into the antenna buoy tether provides an additional benefit of an accurate GPS position fix while the UUV remains submerged. This further extends the mission capabilities by providing a reference position fix to the inertial navigation without expending time and power to return to the surface.

Funding source: US Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR N08-194

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  KCF Technologies, Inc.
Product Category Navigational Instruments
Product Name Retractable UUV Antenna with Smart Tether Navigation
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