An Autonomous Undersea Surveillance Vehicle: Concept and Operational Feasibility

Abstract

The concept of autonomous undersea vehicles (AUVs) is becoming feasible through the increasing practicality of artificial intelligence, decreasing size and cost of computers, and improved technical capabilities. This paper proposes a self-controlled undersea unmanned vehicle for antisubmarine surveillance. Given is a functional description of the vehicle, a specification of control logic, and a concept of operation. The effectiveness of this autonomous undersea surveillance vehicle (AUSV) is analyzed yielding further specification as related to detection probabilities. The AUSV is shown to be practical from an operational research viewpoint. It is suggested that the AUSV be examined further from the physical, engineering, and economic viewpoints. Appendices include a dynamic enhancement table (relative speed of two randomly moving vehicles) and a documentation of some arguments on the numerous small VJ few large combatant controversy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
AD1114368

Entities

People

  • R. H. Riffenburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Sonar
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Guidance
  • Magnetic Anomaly Detection
  • Magnetic Anomaly Detectors
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navigation
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Undersea Surveillance

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy