ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) SURVEILLANCE
Abstract
ASW Surveillance focuses on dramatically improving detection, classification, and localization capabilities in large ocean areas relative to the capabilities of legacy ASW surveillance systems. The related technologies support the conduct of covert, wide-area surveillance ranging from one day to six months. The objectives are to develop and demonstrate technologies that provide clandestine indications and warnings in far forward and contested operating areas, and in complex operational environments against all submarine threats, including new threats with unknown target signatures and tactics. Covertness implies use of non-observable platforms and/or deployed automated sensors employing passive sonar, or other non-detectable methods. The surveillance process includes initial detection and classification. Efforts include the development of Unmanned Undersea Vehicle-based and affordable, off-board deployable sensing systems employing a wide variety of surveillance concepts and components. These efforts focus on alternative detection phenomena, vector/tensor sensors, automated acoustic processing, more compact and longer lasting power sources, and high bandwidth, acoustic communications links. Funding decrease from FY 2012 to FY 2013 was due to a reprogramming increase in FY 2012 to support the Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) effort. Funding increase from FY 2013 to FY 2014 is due to the Modular Undersea Heavyweight Vehicle (MUHV) program, Large Displacement UUV (LD UUV) (Autonomy) Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) program and the ATLAS (Autonomous Topographic Large-Area Survey) Imaging Sonar program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 74e9cc9e861be5d6c41966fc1aaaef5c