A Launch and Recovery System for Integrating Unmanned Ocean Vehicles onto Surface Platforms

Abstract

This paper will analyze current manned launch and recovery systems across all naval surface platforms and present recommendations for improving these systems to be more adaptive to launching both manned and unmanned ocean vehicles. Specifically, this research will focus on minimizing the heave motions exhibited by the vehicle during launch and recovery. To achieve minimized heave motions and improve operational performance, an analysis was conducted to determine the feasibility, performance, and safety benefits of integrating an active heave compensating winch into the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1080525

Entities

People

  • Casey L. Strouse

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Feedback
  • Hydraulic Actuators
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Open Loop Systems
  • Relative Motion
  • Ships
  • Shock Absorbers
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Surface Warfare
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy