Autonomous, self-mooring buoy system

Close-up view of several autonomous mooring systems (without parachutes) attached to acoustic payloads that are developed for military and scientific uses.

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Prototype of the autonomous mooring system attached to an acoustic payload. The mooring sy...

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June 26, 2007 Both military and scientific missions stand to benefit from a new rapidly-deployable and autonomous mooring buoy system developed by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Lockheed Martin. Capable of being launched from air or sea, the system can self-moor in various bottom types - including sand, mud or rock - to depths of between 30 and 650 feet and has applications ranging from submarine detection to the collection of meteorological and oceanographic measurements.

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