Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, providing a guided descent from a release zone and toward an entry zone.

A flight vehicle configured for underwater trajectory includes a vehicle forebody attached to a fuselage. The flight vehicle forebody has a curved sensor window and an integral ring cavitator situated aft of the sensor window that triggers and manages cavitation underwater during the underwater trajectory. The placement of the integral ring cavitator aft of the curved sensor window provides the sensors with a forward field of view enabling guidance. The curved sensor window and the integral ring cavitator may be configured to transfer load at impact with water to the fuselage. The size and the shape of the of the integral ring cavitator, the location of the integral ring cavitator with respect to the forebody, and the shape of the curved sensor window are selected to generate a cavitation bubble and maintain a pitch angle when the flight vehicle is traveling underwater.

A flight vehicle configured for underwater trajectory includes a vehicle forebody attached to a fuselage. The flight vehicle forebody has a curved sensor window and an integral ring cavitator situated aft of the sensor window that triggers and manages cavitation underwater during the underwater trajectory. The placement of the integral ring cavitator aft of the curved sensor window provides the sensors with a forward field of view enabling guidance. The curved sensor window and the integral ring cavitator may be configured to transfer load at impact with water to the fuselage. The size and the shape of the of the integral ring cavitator, the location of the integral ring cavitator with respect to the forebody, and the shape of the curved sensor window are selected to generate a cavitation bubble and maintain a pitch angle when the flight vehicle is traveling underwater.