Unmanned Surface and Underwater Vehicles

Abstract

The introduction of unmanned vehicles may have serious consequences for naval operations. Therefore, in the future the Royal Netherlands Navy needs to have sufficient knowledge to be able to make sound decisions with respect to procurement and employment of such vehicles. The an earlier study research had already been carried out into unmanned aerial vehicles. In this project it was examined which defence capabilities can be carried out with unmanned surface and underwater vehicles. First an inventory of current and future unmanned vehicles and a subdivision into three categories were made. Next it was tried to project the listed vehicles on the capability list of the Royal Netherlands Navy. This appeared to be difficult, because for this study the capabilities were not detailed enough. Therefore, these capabilities were further subdivided into `subcapabilities', so next the suitability of the listed vehicles for those subcapabilities could be investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 03, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473813

Entities

People

  • D. Keus
  • H. J. Fitski
  • P. L. Cleophas
  • R. H. Bremer

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomous Guidance
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy