US Patent Issued to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 23 for "Rail-based launch and recovery system and kit for large unmanned undersea vehicles and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,040, issued on June 23, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Rail-based launch and recovery system and kit for large unmanned undersea vehicles and methods of use" was invented by Daniel A. Sura (San Diego), Michael R. Koppi Jr. (San Diego), Colin J. Fera (San Diego) and Gary L. Davis (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed herein include system, kit and method embodiments for transportation, launch and recovery of large watercraft, particularly large unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Features of the system and kit embodiments may include,...