Patent ID: 7448339

Claim:
Winged body, comprising: a body structure having a front end, a back end, a length, and a circumference; a wing structure coupled to the body structure, wherein the wing structure is comprised of at least two wings, each wing having a respective wing tip, wherein the wings have a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration, wherein the wings are elastically deformable to the stowed configuration from the deployed configuration, wherein the wings are elastically releasable from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration, wherein the wings in the deployed configuration have respective shapes selected to provide a lift upon the body structure when pulled though water, and wherein the wings in the stowed configuration have respective shapes selected to wrap generally around at least a portion of the circumference of the body structure; a first communication cable coupled to the front end of the body structure, wherein the winged body is configured to be launched from a submarine, wherein the two wings are configured to automatically change from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration upon launch to generate the lift, and wherein the lift of the winged body has a lift magnitude sufficient to pull the first communication cable upward; and a second communication cable in communication with the first communication cable and coupled to the back end of the body structure.