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Following launch and
transit, the Sea Predator anchors on station, launching all 16 man-portable
vehicles which radially distribute their cargo of hard-wired sensor elements
to cover a 10 x 10 mile grid. Once these are fully deployed, the Sea Predator
separates from the sled and hovers above while launching its internal cargo
of LWV’s, providing centralized power and processing capabilities to the
hub. Following LWV docking, the Sea
Predator either loiters within acoustic range of the hub, repositions to
comm’s depth outside the fixed network, or returns to the Sea Tentacle for
refueling and secondary payloads.
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