1995 Patent Shows Early Version of Navy’s Submarine-Launched Drone
Today the U.S. Navy announced that it successfully launched an unmanned aerial vehicle from a submerged submarine. Quite an impressive feat, no doubt. But it’s far from a new idea. In fact, the Navy applied for a patent on a similar submarine drone-launcher in 1995. The Navy was granted patent 5,615,847 in 1997, which is…
