Submersible vehicle with high maneuvering cyclic-pitch postswirl propulsors

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PATENT NO 8919274
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13899011

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A submersible vehicle with increased payload and energy savings, more particularly, a submersible vehicle, which may be an unmanned underwater vehicle, with high maneuvering cyclic-pitch postswirl propulsors. The high maneuvering cyclic-pitch postswirl propulsor arrangements are a bow thrust vectoring arrangement and a stern thrust vectoring arrangement. The bow thrust vectoring arrangement is a two-part arrangement having a forward/reverse element and a turning element. Similarly, the stern thrust vectoring arrangement is also a two-part arrangement having a forward/reverse element and a turning element.

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY875 N RANDOLPH ST OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ROOM 522 ATTN CODE OOCCIP ARLINGTON VA 22203-1995

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Chen, Benjamin Y - H Potomac, US 1 2
Neely, Stephen K Herndon, US 1 2

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