Enhancing AUV Operational Capabilities: Hovering, Rendezvous, and Docking

Abstract

This proposal describes a program of work designed to contribute to the Navy's capabilities in mastering the mine warfare problem by providing AUV hovering, rendezvous, and docking capability in modular reconfigurable AUVs. These enhanced maneuvering capabilities will extending mission durations, enable stormy weather operations, and provide station keeping abilities for imaging and intervention tasks. The significant activity associated with bottom sediment transport occurs during the energetic sea states associated with inclement weather. Furthermore to extend the duration of AUV reconnaissance missions, docking for recharge and data upload is necessary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628288

Entities

People

  • S.M. Smith
  • Stanley E. Dunn

Organizations

  • Florida Atlantic University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Hovering
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Nova Scotia
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Rendezvous
  • Shallow Water
  • Simulations
  • Systems Science
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Watercraft

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.