Path Planning for Reduced Identifiability of Unmanned Surface Vehicles Conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Abstract

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) provide the Navy with the capability to perform many dull, dirty, and dangerous operations. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in hostile areas has been identified as one of the mission areas where USVs can be particularly effective. These missions involve having a vessel enter enemy waters in order to gather information about the adversary's coastal waterways, naval vessels, and maritime installations. The objective of this research is to plan paths within hostile waters that a USV can follow in order to conduct ISR missions without being identified as a suspicious vessel. This involves the two competing objectives of gathering high quality intelligence and avoiding identification by the adversary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2017
Accession Number
AD1036630

Entities

People

  • Ethan W. Doherty

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Acceleration
  • Control Theory
  • Curve Fitting
  • Histograms
  • Motion Planning
  • Nautical
  • Naval Vessels
  • Railroad Tracks
  • Reconnaissance
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tracks
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Validation
  • Vehicles
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs