In April 2007, an agreement was made by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Lockheed Martin Corp. to produce an autonomous mooring buoy for scientific and military missions. The buoy will be produced at Lockheed Martin's Marion, Mass., facility. FAU and the Naval Sea Systems Command have filed a joint patent application for the design funded by the Office of Naval Research, managed by Tom Swean, Ph.D. The system consists of an anchor, anchor/airbrake and flotation buoy. The buoy can be deployed from an aircraft, submarine, or surface vessel, with possible missions being submarine detection, meteorological and oceanographic measurements, autonomous underwater vehicle communication and underwater navigational aid.
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机译：2007年4月，佛罗里达大西洋大学（FAU）与洛克希德·马丁公司（Lockheed Martin Corp.）达成了一项协议，为科学和军事任务生产一种自动系泊浮标。浮标将在洛克希德·马丁公司位于马萨诸塞州马里恩的工厂生产。 FAU和海军海洋系统司令部已经为该设计申请了共同专利申请，该设计由汤姆·斯威恩（Tom Swean）博士管理的海军研究办公室资助。该系统由锚，锚/气闸和浮标组成。浮标可以从飞机，潜艇或水面舰艇上部署，可能的任务是潜艇检测，气象和海洋测量，自主的水下航行器通信和水下导航辅助。
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