Littoral Battlespace Characterization Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

Abstract

Few environmental regions are as dynamic as the littoral, where dramatic changes in winds, waves, and bathymetry can occur over timescales as short as a few hours. A long-term goal for the Littoral Dynamics Team within the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is to extract littoral meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) conditions from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) imagery collected by either space or airborne platforms in near real time. Our most recent efforts have focused on developing capability to provide actionable battlespace awareness for amphibious operations through the analysis of motion imagery from Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS). These systems are relatively inexpensive and are widely used within the Department of Defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA525035

Entities

People

  • D. Lalejini
  • K. Plavnick
  • K. Todd Holland

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Battlespace
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Sciences
  • Flight Paths
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Laptop Computers
  • Low Altitude
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Research
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Platforms
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Video
  • Video Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites