Conceptual Design of Future Undersea Unmanned Vehicle (UUV) System for Mine Disposal

Abstract

A conceptual design is proposed for an effective mine countermeasure (MCM) system, which consists of 3- unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and 10-20 small charged deliverable vehicles. New underwater optical communication systems are introduced to improve onboard mine reconnaissance and decision making with the key technologies focused on system and communication efficiency, capability of data processing, and cost effectiveness of MCM systems. The proposed UUV MCM system is cost effective due to adapting disposable mine neutralization instruments, upgrading data process unit, and configuring optical communication system between heterogeneous underwater and surface vehicle units in operations. At the same time, efficient and reliable underwater optical and electromagnetic wave communication systems are also introduced and analyzed for future system applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562071

Entities

People

  • Kwang S. Song
  • Peter Cheng Chu

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Vision
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Guidance
  • Image Processing
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Optical Communications
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy