Characteristics of a Maritime Interdiction Operations Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Abstract

The U.S. Navy conducts thousands of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIOs) every year around the globe. Navy Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) teams regularly board suspect ships and perform search operations, often in hostile environments. There is a need for a small tactical robot that can be deployed ahead of the team to provide enhanced situational awareness in these boarding, breaching, and clearing operations. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) performed a market survey, identified and obtained a number of throwable robots that may be useful in these situations, and conducted user evaluations with Navy VBSS team members, taking each of these robots through all applicable steps of the VBSS operation in realistic training environments. From these tests, we verified the requirements and defined the key performance parameters for an MIO robot. This paper describes the tests conducted and the identified characteristics of this robot.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563950

Entities

People

  • Hoa G. Nguyen
  • Mendel Baker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Environment
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Naval Warfare
  • Robots
  • Ship Decks
  • Training
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Video
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Space