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Navy, Raytheon Effort Deploys Sub Launched UAV Out With The Trash

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein The Navy and Raytheon [RTN] last month simulated a submarine launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), not from a torpedo or vertical launch tube, but from the boat's trash disposal system, a company official said. The program, Submarine Over the Horizon Organic Capabilities (SOTHOC), is a method of taking an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that's required to be maintained dry, and transitioning from the water environment to the air, Jeffrey Zerbe, SOTHOC program director, told Defense…

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