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Abstract

MUSV leverages efforts external to this project unit accomplished through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV)/Sea Hunter investments in autonomy, endurance, command and control, payloads and testing in FY 2017 (continuing through FY 2021). Beginning in FY 2019, the Navy will commence transition of MDUSV Sea Hunter I and Sea Hunter II assets to Commander Naval Surface Forces under the MUSV project. In addition, the MUSV C2 concept directly leverages the fleet-ready C2 solution developed for unmanned surface vessels in the OSD SCO Ghost Fleet Overlord LUSV experimentation program. This project also provides resources for development, improvement and integration of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Mine Countermeasure (MCM) systems. A description of the major planned programs includes the following: The Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) utilizes an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) integrated with an Unmanned Surface Sweep System (US3), a magnetic/acoustic sweep system developed to sweep acoustic/magnetic influence mines, which can be deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) or a Vessel of Opportunity (VOO). The Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) program leverages the USV from the UISS Program of Record (PoR) and adds a modular mission capability through the addition of multiple payloads. MCM USV w/ AQS-20C integrates the existing AQS-20C minehunting sonar. MCM USV w/ AQS-24B continues the Minehunting efforts. In FY 2019 the MCM USV program began initial design efforts to support integration with a Mine Neutralization capability (Barracuda). Minesweeping payloads will be subsumed by the MCM USV PoR in FY 2020.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
9999_0603502N_4_1319_PB_2020

Tags

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Fully Networked C3

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