UMass Dartmouth Marine and Undersea Technology Research Program: Materials, Sensing and Communicatio
Abstract
Project Abstract The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth established the Marine and UnderSea Technology (MUST) Research Program i,n 2019 to address naval undersea fleet priorities. Working collaboratively with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Ne,wport and several regional industry and academic partners, proposals were created in response to the FY2021 Defense Appropriation ad,ministered by the Office of Naval Research. Technical review committees at UMass Dartmouth and ONR evaluated the proposals for their, innovation, technical merit and relevance to naval priorities. Only proposals that were identified by ONR as having significant rel,evance to naval priorities were considered for inclusion in the MUST program and are included in this MUST program request. The gui,ding principles and objectives for this collaboration are laid out in the Undersea Warfare Science & Technology Strategy 2016 (USW S,&T). The four goals the USW S&T Focus Areas that are addressed through additional funding are: Autonomy and Unmanned Systems (AUS,) Information Dominance and Cyber (IDC) Platform Design and Survivability (PDS) Undersea Precision Navigation and Timing (UPNT) Aca,demic and industrial partners bring complementary expertise in the areas of marine robotics, communication, advanced manufacturing,b,ig data analytics, machine learning, information security, data visualization, ocean modeling and advanced sensing. Navy Need The, Navy faces significant challenges in maintaining the worlds finest undersea force. Recent advances by Russia and China have spark,ed concerns of an emerging threat to American undersea superiority. Innovation and technology are critical. The projects in thisp,roposal will bolster existing research efforts in a number of key areas, focusing on sensing, communications, situational awareness, and unmanned systems and autonomy. In addition to these areas, critical needs of the Navy being addressed include research deve,lopment and workforce training in the areas of Smart Wearable Sensors, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics and Digital Warfare. To suppo,rt research in these critical areas and to provide training for a skilled workforce the following proposals are being submitted. The,se proposals address naval undersea fleet science and technology priorities, leverage the strengths of UMass Dartmouth faculty and c,omplement current work that is ongoing at NUWC Division Newport. The table below provides the titles of each project. Full descripti,ons of the technical problems being addressed, technical challenges, deliverables, timeline, budget details and justification are pr,ovided in the appendix for each project.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 10, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142212012
Entities
People
- Ramprasad Balasubramanian
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Massachusetts