Undersea Architecture: Adaptive Infrastructure
Abstract
All undersea systems eventually require a resupply of energy, offload of data, updates to system information, and maintenance and repair, depending upon their operational use profiles, usage and collection rates. These factors inhibit their use in collaborative networks and prevent the full exploitation of the potential of undersea systems. Building upon challenges identified under the Distributed Agile Submarine Hunting (DASH) program within Project NET-02, the Undersea Architecture program will overcome these limitations by developing the technologies necessary for autonomous, reliable, and secure undersea energy and data transfers to manned and unmanned fixed and mobile undersea systems; true plug, play, and operate standards; and rapid, cost effective deployment and sustainment technologies. The Undersea Architecture program will focus on orders of magnitude reductions in the cost and complexity of sustained undersea operations compared to conventional undersea systems, and will explore the trade-offs between manned, unmanned, and fixed infrastructure systems. The program will emphasize at-sea integrated demonstrations of increasing complexity. Undersea Architecture technologies will transition to the Navy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- e5d912d41a896608ea24727a8fbc3101