Griffin Cooperative Autonomy Demonstration Program
Abstract
Griffin leveraged the Navy’s Autonomous Maritime Navigation program to develop and install autonomous command and control systems and integrated the associated sensors on maritime platforms. The goal was to provide a system that is capable of supporting a patrol mission with minimal human interaction, until a target of interest is identified, at which time the system either interrogated the target autonomously with its sensors, or requested operator support for interacting with the target. There is no other fully functional autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) within DOD nor a system by which autonomous unmanned systems are able to act cooperatively. Unmanned systems represent a large growth area for the warfighter, but currently require a greater logistics and personnel footprint than a similarly capable manned system. This effort worked with cutting edge technologies to minimize human-machine interaction during the mission phase, while still producing high quality ISR data. This will reduce manning requirements, allowing the tender vessel/station to conduct normal operations while the USV is conducting its assigned mission.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 8662646932334b026e0c50fe25d12d15
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