12.75 in. Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS), High Resolution and Automatic Target Recognition

Abstract

The Autonomous Operations Future Naval Capability (AOFNC) program developed a 12.75 in. diameter autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS12) payload. This system falls under the lightweight designator of the Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) master plan. Bluefin Robotics Corporation and the Applied Research Laboratory of The Pennsylvania State University (ARL/PSU) developed the vehicle/payload system. In addition to the previous team members, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) developed the synthetic aperture image processing. The system will include motion compensation and beam formation software, real time data handlers, and automatic target recognition algorithms. NSWC PC provided test range services and test planning to the project, as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA498842

Entities

People

  • Anthony D. Matthews
  • Daniel Cook
  • John S. Stroud
  • John W. Oeschger
  • Thomas C. Montgomery

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Automatic
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • High Resolution
  • Matched Filters
  • Navigation
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Probability
  • Recognition
  • Reliability
  • Sonar
  • Synthetic Aperture Sonar
  • Target Recognition

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy