Design Description for Team-Based Execution of Autonomous Missions (TEAM), Spiral 1
Abstract
The sea lines of communication are threatened by mines just as land lines. In addition, adversaries can deny forces entry to coastal regions. These regions are often in the littorals requiring shallow draft vessels to defend them. To face this threat, the new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will be able to be equipped with a mine countermeasures (MCM) mission module. One of the critical issues for Mine Countermeasures (MCM) missions aboard the LCS is the simultaneous management of multi-vehicle (both manned and unmanned) teams. As such, the main objective to meet the requirements of future LCS missions is to change from a vehicle-centric to a mission-centric paradigm. Team-Based Execution Of Autonomous Missions (TEAM) seeks to demonstrate technologies that can plan and execute mine countermeasures missions using the various assets available to it. The Design Description for TEAM program describes the structure and behavior of the components in the system and their interrelationships and principles. The TEAM program is broken into two spirals. This document describes the design for Spiral 1, which focuses on mission planning. Spiral 2 focuses on mission execution. The design will also be updated in Spiral 2 and there will be revisions to this document.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 18, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA490152
Entities
Organizations
- Lockheed Martin