Munitions Detection Using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Equipped with Advanced Sensors

Abstract

There are underwater munitions sites around the world where the quantity and the type of munitions are either unknown or not very well documented. These sites are unsafe and can t be utilized for any other purpose. The sites need to be surveyed and all munitions identified. The National Unmanned Systems Shared Resource Center (NUSSRC) located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has multiple Office of Naval Research (ONR) Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) systems integrated with advanced sonar, magnetic and electro-optic sensors. These systems provide a capability for experimentation and demonstration of current Science and Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) programs assets as they apply to the detection and classification of underwater mines to be used for detection, assessment and characterization of underwater munitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 2012
Accession Number
ADA571328

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Leasko

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vector Magnetometers

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy