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Sea Stalker configuration

Platform: Seahorse
Developer: Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory
Manufacturer: Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory

Summary

The Sea Stalker UUV is a spinoff of the original Sea Horse UUV program and is a product of the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (PSU ARL). The Sea Stalker is a 38-inch diameter platform with a speed of nearly 5 knots.

The Sea Stalker UUV has proven developmental testing while being launched and recovered from the USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) and is projected to be submarine deployable from a dry deck shelter (DDS) on a SSGN (Kenny & Belz, 2008). The Sea Stalker is designed for ISR and command and control by using a set of retractable antennas to combine stealth and functionality. A downfall of the Sea Stalker program is power; due to submarine restrictions, it cannot use lithium battery technology and is currently supplied by alkaline (D-Cell) battery technology. The future of the Sea Stalker program is not known, but it has shown some technological capabilities that are possible from a DDS deployable UUV.

Physical Specs

  • Platform: Seahorse Download PDF
  • Body Type: Torpedo
  • Size (LxWxH): 8.66m x 0.97m x 0.97m
  • Body Size (LxWxH): 8.66m x 0.97m x 0.97m
  • Hull Material: Aluminum
  • Weight: 4,763.00kg
  • Maximum Depth: 1,000.00 m
  • Dynamic Buoyancy: Yes
  • Self-Righting: Yes
  • Obstacle Avoidance: No
  • Endurance (nominal load): Information not available
  • Manufacturer Website: Link

Primary Missions

  • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Propulsion System

  • Method: Thrusters
  • DOF: 3
  • Hovering:
  • Nominal Speed: 2.06
  • Maximum Forward Speed: 4.12

Power System

  • Total Capacity: 0 Wh

Launch and Recovery

  • Crane
  • Ramp

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