Demonstration of a quasi-monostatic autonomous underwater vehicle based high duty cycle active sonar
Abstract
The feasibility of resolving target returns within receive signals collected by a continuously transmitting quasi-monostatic, broadband, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) based sonar is explored. Theoretical studies supported by experimental results suggest that it is possible to capture the source-to-receiver coupling response and target scattering with sufficient fidelity during the continuous transmission to enable detection and (potentially) classification processing. Demonstrations focused upon the detection of a bottomed target object at sea using transmit signals with duty cycles of 60% and 100% indicate that such an approach is feasible for a representative AUV-based side looking sonar system operating in shallow water.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1121/1.5088029
Entities
People
- Alain R. Berdoz
- Brian H. Houston
- Daniel L. Amon
- Harry J. Simpson
- Jason L. Kost
- Michael L. Saniga
- Paul J. Gendron
- Timothy J. Yoder
- Zachary J. Waters
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth