Defense Science Board Task Force Report on Next-Generation Unmanned Undersea Systems

Abstract

This report offers important recommendations on how the Department can maintain and exploit its undersea advantage beyond the next decade and into the future. This study proposes near- and mid-term unmanned undersea system concepts that have the potential to create important new capabilities to extend the U.S. undersea advantage by confronting potential adversaries with significant challenges. New areas of investment that are recommended include the adoption of commercial technologies, the development of new concepts of operations (CONOPS), and the acceptance of greater risk with larger numbers of low-cost assets. As the report explains, in the undersea domain, quantity has a quality all its own. Furthermore, this report recommends approaches that could facilitate rapid experimentation, operational demonstration of capabilities, and deployment of initial capabilities that show promise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1023641

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Sensor Networks
  • Submarines
  • Task Forces
  • Undersea Infrastructure
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy