By Geoff Fein KaZak Composites, Inc., has developed a sonobuoy that can be deployed from a Navy P-3C aircraft from an altitude of 30,000 feet and from a distance of 30 miles from a target, a company official said. Currently, P-3s have to fly at low altitudes to drop sonobuoys to prevent damaging the sonobouy. But operating in that flight envelope also makes the aircraft and crew vulnerable to enemy fire. Under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort, the…
Sonobuoy SBIR Effort Gaining Interest From Other Services
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