A Feasibility Study of an ASW Search Director Concept

Abstract

An exploratory investigation is performed of the feasibility and applicability of a Search Director concept for use by U.S. Navy ASW personnel in determining optimal search tactics and sonobuoy drop patterns to detect and localized submarines. Problems arise in conducting these operations which are due to the use of imprecise information from acoustic sensor surveillance systems. The purpose of the Search Director is to assemble this information in terms of target heading, motion, initial size and orientation of the uncertainty area, time late, uncertanty area growth, search time, etc. into coherent and easily computer-processed forms, update the processed information as operations progress and produce displays of the current and future status of these operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756243

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Taylor
  • William H. Brune

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Gray Scale
  • Hybrid Computers
  • Photographic Materials
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Number Generators
  • Random Variables
  • Random Walk
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.