Darpa will work with the U.s. navy to companies that weapons would develop normally in a module on the seabed to rest. If they get a signal connect the modules to the surface to then, for example, drones to launch or sensors to let loose.
The American military research institute Darpa is the registrations started for companies who propose to submit for the construction of so-called upward falling payloads. These modules need by the U.s. marine laid on the seabed and various types of non-lethal weapons. This ufp’s need for many years can continue to work but after a trigger, they should to the surface and, for example, a drone launch or sensors to let go. Also, jamming equipment is called.
Darpa thinks that the weapons can be useful at places where no American legerbases in the neighborhood. So would the navy at unexpected threats within two hours after the activation of the ‘sleeping’ modules still to obtain information in these areas. In addition to the condition that the ufp’s at least five years to 6km depth should continue to function is aware of the emphasis on non-lethal loads; Darpa is afraid that the armed modules, which is miles deep on the bottom of the sea and are thus difficult to store if the batteries are empty, can represent a risk for the shipping industry.
In a first phase of the research for suitable hardware for the construction of upward falling payloads, the two American companies, Sparton and Zeta have already worked on prototypes and concepts. In the second phase of the hardware on-sea tested. For this phase, Darpa about 21 million dollars in grants over, while in the first round, not even half a million dollars was issued.
