Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

The Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) Program provides Undersea Surveillance capability by employing mobile Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) technology. PLUS is being developed in response to an Urgent Operational Need (UON) identified by the Fleet. PLUS uses both conventionally powered UUVs with propellers and UUVs propelled by buoyancy engines (commonly called gliders). PLUS INP S&T development program is planned to transition into a prototype User Operational Evaluation System (UOES). The Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) provides long endurance UUVs operating autonomously in denied littorals with multiple mission payloads to increase the Navy's capacity and capability. Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS): The Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) program provides effective, adaptive and persistent undersea surveillance targets over large littoral areas.

Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
2094._0603502N_4_1319_PB_2014

Tags

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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