Online Summary Mapping for Executing Commanders Intent with UUVs
Abstract
Funds to support development and simulation of a framework whereby a group of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) can collaboratively and adaptively execute a commanders intent during an unscripted mission scenario. We propose to develop and simulate a framework whereby a group of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) can collaboratively and adaptively execute a “commander’s intent” during an unscripted mission scenario. UUV missions must shift from scripted lists of objectives to frameworks that enable them to make decisions autonomously and based on real-time data streams. This shift is motivated by platform endurances that have steadily increased from hours to days to weeks, and moreover by the relative lack of communication bandwidth underwater. Such autonomy in decision-making has analogs in the submarine fleet where officers are tasked with executing their commander’s intent in the absence of consistent information flow up and down the chain of command. Defining high-level objectives rather than step-by-step instructions gives missions a higher probability of success because the asset is acting on the most up-to-date information about its dynamic environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 08, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012452
Entities
People
- Jeffrey Kaeli
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution