Integration and Field Trials of a High-Resolution Multi-beam Sonar on the Remote Mine hunting Vehicle Dorado

Abstract

In early 2003, a Reson 8125 high-resolution, multi-beam bathymetric sonar system was installedon the DRDC Atlantic remote mine-hunting vehicle. The Dorado vehicle, a component of the Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS), is a semi-submersible, remotely controlled drone designed totow an actively stabilized sidescan sonar towfish. The multi-beam sonar processor was integrated with the on-board data telemetry system, taking advantage of existing vehicle position and attitude sensors. The RMS and multi-beam sonar were then tested in a field trial near Brest, France in Mayand June, 2003, as part of a larger collaborative mine-hunting demonstration. The multi-beam sonar was successfully used to chart the bathymetry of the approaches to Brest Harbour, and for high resolution surveys of a shipwreck, and a practice minefield. Processed results of these surveys are presented demonstrating basic capability of the system for mine detection, obstacle avoidance and as a mission planning tool. The integration of high-resolution bathymetric information has the potential to improve mine-hunting operation in areas such as survey route planning and sidescan image slope correction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1005143

Entities

People

  • Anna M. Crawford
  • David A. Hopkin
  • Mark V. Trevorrow

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • Navigation
  • Security
  • Submersibles
  • Telemetry
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Maritime Systems
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Archaeological Resource Survey

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy