Acoustic Communication for High-Doppler Guidance and Control

Abstract

The long-term goal of this program is to provide an acoustic communications system suitable for multiple fast-moving platforms to support the guidance and control function of current and future weapons (Figure 1). The technological objective is the development and testing of single and multi-user acoustic communications solutions suitable for use on weapons systems. The advantage of an acoustic link is that it does not rely upon the wire which is currently used. The wire may break (either accidentally or on purpose) and it restricts the motion of the launching platform. The acoustic link allows multiple platforms to provide the weapon with information, and also allows weapons to communicate in order to coordinate salvo attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404027

Entities

People

  • Lee Freitag

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Bandwidth
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Communication Systems
  • Computations
  • Data Rate
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Frequency Shift
  • Guidance
  • Reliability
  • Spread Spectrum
  • Test Facilities
  • Time Compression

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design