Continued Enhancement of Autonomous Marine Vehicle Testing in the South Florida Testing Facility Range 2001-2002

Abstract

The general objective is to investigate basic and applied problems associated with the performance effectiveness of reconnaissance of littoral waters in support of mine warfare and oceanographic tasks. The future mine counter-measure scenarios will include autonomous underwater vehicle operations with integrated communication and navigation capabilities, built around a network of smart acoustic beacons, and RF buoys for real-time telemetry and control. The autonomous ocean sampling network scenarios will include rapid environmental assessment, ocean modeling and prediction, and tracking plumes and other physical and bio-chemical features and events. The main goal of this work is to develop advanced AUV operational capability in order to support military mine counter-measure and scientific ocean exploration tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA627035

Entities

People

  • Edgar An

Organizations

  • Florida Atlantic University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Coral Reefs
  • Engineering
  • Homeland Security
  • Images
  • National Parks
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Reconnaissance
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Sonar Images
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Video
  • Video Images

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.