Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Homeland Defense and Research Support

Abstract

This is an accompanying project to the Autonomous Ship Detection project (ONR# N00014-02-1-0267). The Autonomous Ship Detection statement of work was modified due to the events of September-11-2001. The U.S. Coast Guard requested and received from the Office of Naval Research the approval to change the focus to the use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) for Port Security Operations. This decision was approved in mid March 2002 and work commenced in the beginning of April 2002. ONR has specified the use of 12-3/4" diameter vehicles to support the port security efforts. This size restriction was not a consideration in the original proposal, therefore, we will purchase an appropriate AUV based on the vehicle specifications as defined by the results of the Autonomous Ship Detection project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA618388

Entities

People

  • John Kloske
  • Scott T. Tripp

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Coast Guard
  • Detection
  • Diameters
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Port Security
  • Security
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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