Adaptive Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Littoral Surveillance: The GLINT10 Field Trial Results

Abstract

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have gained more interest in recent years for military as well as civilian applications. One potential application of AUVs is for the purpose of undersea surveillance. As research into undersea surveillance using AUVs progresses, issues arise as to how an AUV acquires, acts on, and shares information about the undersea battle space. These issues naturally touch on aspects of vehicle autonomy and underwater communications, and need to be resolved through a spiral development process that includes at sea experimentation. This paper presents a recent AUV implementation for active anti-submarine warfare tested at sea in the summer of 2010. On-board signal processing capabilities and an adaptive behavior are discussed in both a simulation and experimental context. The implications for underwater surveillance using AUVs are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1113234

Entities

People

  • David T. Hughes
  • Kevin D. LePage
  • Michael J. Hamilton
  • Stephanie Kemna

Organizations

  • Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Ambient Noise
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Guidance
  • Navigation
  • Sonar Signals
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Economics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers