
	Where results make sense

Topic: Broaching univeral buoyant launcher

	Nuclear Weapons. [Archive] - Military Photos
		Cruise missiles may be launched from mobile launchers on the ground, from naval ships, or from aircraft.
		In the original horizontal shelters concept, missiles were transported by trailer erector launchers (TEL) through a maze of roadways leading to hardened shelters.
		The launchers were in train alert shelters for protection from a possible accidental explosion with three shelters per garrison.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-11788.html%20Kosovo's%20Nazi%20Past:%20The%20Untold%20Story%3C/a%3E%20by%20Carl%20Savich)%3C/t-40395.html (6109 words)

	Raytheon leads successful test of advanced submarine payload launcher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The BUBL program is poised to provide the means for radically new payload employment on present day and future submarine platforms.
		The BUBL program, which is more than 50 percent complete, includes construction of prototype items for the capsule structure, electronics/sensor and power subsystems, and culminates in the launch of an Army missile airframe demonstrating submarine launch feasibility.
		If the technology demonstration is successful, BUBL could enter service as early as 2007 depending on the payload that is selected for use.
	adjunct.diodon349.com /US_Subs/raytheon_leads_successful_test.htm (342 words)

	New Submarine Activity
		BUBL is intended to be cheaper than present methods of encapsulation, and to be capable of launch at greater speeds and depths.
		It could be mounted externally in 'clips, stored in a free-flooding cargo bay, or carried within the pressure hull.
		Team 2020, headed by Lockheed Martin, is developing a Flexible Payload Module (FPM) and a Stealthy Affordable Capsule System (SACS) that together perform a similar function to the BUBL design being pursued by Forward PASS.
	diodon349.com /US_Subs/new_submarine_activity.htm (1978 words)

	Raytheon Leads Successful Test of Advanced Submarine Payload Launcher
		TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company led the Forward Payloads and Sensors for Submarines (Forward PASS) consortium, a four-member team representing industry and government, in recent in-water testing that successfully demonstrated the hydrodynamic stability and hydrostatic robustness of the Broaching Universal Buoyant Launcher (BUBL).
		If the technology demonstration is successful, BUBL could enter service as early as 2007 depending on the payload that is selected for its initial introduction.
		Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense and naval and maritime warfighting systems, including modeling and simulation capabilities for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and strong global integrated capabilities for Army, Navy, Marine Corp, and technology customers.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-30-2004/0002137836&EDATE= (463 words)

	New Submarine Activity
		These are complemented by the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University, and by the NUWC Newport Division.
		BUBL is intended to be cheaper than present methods of encapsulation, and to be capable of launch at greater speeds and depths.
		The FPM is a box, 2.4m square and 7.6m deep, that could be stacked in free-flooding areas or in a missile tube.
	www.diodon349.com /US_Subs/new_submarine_activity.htm (1978 words)

	Raytheon team broaches BUBL Sea Power - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Broaching Universal Buoyant Launcher (BUBL) has recently demonstrated "hydrodynamic stability and hydrostatic robustness," according to Steve Brecken of Raytheon's Media Relations.
		The BUBL concept envisions a universal weapon encapsulation capability that would permit any payload-including present and future missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles-to be deployed from any submarine under any operating conditions.
		The BUBL program-which encompasses the construction of prototype capsule structures, electronics, sensor, and power subsystems-is expected to culminate in the launch of an Army missile airframe.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200305/ai_n9206248 (732 words)

	NDM Article - ‘Network-Centric’ Submarines Expand Commander’s Options
		An industry source noted that the “universal canister is a great sounding concept but fails the reality check given the ranges of weapons considered.” That is because the launcher has to be tailored based on the weapon and ship interfaces with the fire control system, for example, the source said.
		A competing system, being developed by Raytheon and General Dynamics, is called the broaching universal buoyant launcher.
		The buoyant capsule concept is similar to the so-called “stealthy affordable capsule,” currently in development by Northrop Grumman.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2002/Oct/Network-Centric.htm (1998 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)