Development of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Intervention Missions
Abstract
The SAUVIM proposal was submitted under the ONR Annual Announcement of the July 11, 1996 Conference Business Daily, and the project officially began on August 1, 1997 with an 18-month, $2.237 million research fund from the Office of Naval Research's Undersea Weapons Technology Program directed by Mr. James Fein. The project was later extended at no cost till October 30, 2000. The first project report was submitted to ONR during Mr. Fein's site visit of October 28, 1997. The second progress report was submitted to ONR during the Advisory Committee's (AdCom) site visit of February 24, 1998. The First Annual Progress Report was submitted to ONR in August 1998 and presented during the site visit of September 15-16, 1998. With the departure of Mr. James from ONR, Mr. Chris Hillenbrand became the new ONR Program Director for the SAUVIM project. The fourth progress report was submitted during Mr. Hillenbrand's site visit of April 8, 1999. The Second Annual Progress Report was submitted to ONR in August 1999 and presented during the site visit of May 10-11, 2000. During all site visits, each SAUVIM research group gave a presentation of their current progress. This is the Final Report for Phase I and describes the overall technical development of the project during the 3-year period of 1997-2000.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 30, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA392263
Entities
People
- G. Coutsourakis
- J. Yuh
- O. Easterday
- S. Choi
- T. W. Kim
Organizations
- University of Hawaiʻi System