HURACAN: 21" Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Abstract
The vision of the Huracan program is to explore the development of a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) reference design capable of very long duration autonomous operations, for periods extending for weeks or possibly even more than a month. The development approach was to begin by funding a Phase 1 effort in which a distributed computing and power control system would be designed and prototyped, given the critical role that such a system would play in any feasible design. Possible additional Phases were conceived to address implementation of the high energy capacity power storage system, design of a vehicle control and navigation system, development and fabrication of a hull, field testing and design iteration, and ultimately, vehicle fabrication and integration with a variety of mission-specific instruments and sensors. This document describes work performed for Phase 1 of this project, which was conducted over a three year period from April 2020 - April 2023. In doing so, the document details the design of a highly capable, flexible, and low power computing system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1206057
Entities
People
- Christopher Kitts
Organizations
- Santa Clara University