Software Architecture for Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Abstract

The U.S. Navy seeks to reduce costs associated with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations by exploring the use of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). Currently, the process of finding submarines tends to be tedious and manpower intensive due to the high volume of acoustic data with limited means to filter for valuable information. Therefore, innovative software frameworks are required to transition from a one-to-many to a many-to-one USV/ human interaction model. By examining potential software frameworks, this thesis addresses many of the benefits and challenges inherent to using USVs in dynamic maritime environments. Furthermore, this evaluation provides a building block for the continued development of USV software systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1029746

Entities

People

  • Stephen Jr F. Fahey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Combat Areas
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Operating Systems
  • Psychology
  • Radar
  • Software Development
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy