Multi-Purpose Acoustic Imaging System for Shallow Water AUV Operations

Abstract

As the maritime threat has shifted from the deep oceans to the littoral, the need for improved shallow water survey and imaging capabilities has increased. Among the many challenges is the need to develop sensors that can be deployed on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV s) to support covert shallow water and surf zone mine detection and clearance operations. In particular, the integration of a high performance, forward looking, low power sonar on these vehicles would nearly double their operational effectiveness, thereby improving the timeliness and efficiency of the survey methods currently employed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625175

Entities

People

  • Brian Pazol

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Clearances
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Deep Oceans
  • Detection
  • Efficiency
  • Encapsulation
  • Fabrication
  • Injection Molding
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Shallow Water
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.