Tactical Exploitation of the Acoustic Channel (TEAC)
Abstract
The Tactical Exploitation of the Acoustic Channel (TEAC) program provided the capability to coherently combine acoustic energy from a distributed network of underwater acoustic sources to improve signal transmission in an undersea environment. The ability to cohere multiple underwater sensors is showing an impact for a number of compelling applications including surveillance, communications, and vehicle positioning. For all of these applications, sensor gain had been achieved by deploying large, costly, and cumbersome cabled arrays. The TEAC program created the opportunity to deploy groups of low unit-cost sources that work cooperatively to focus energy undersea. This provided an extensible, affordable, and flexible method to harness the rapid development of undersea vehicles and new acoustic source technologies. Technologies developed under this program have transitioned to the Navy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- f5e3d0aa7d0494f8aea425789323fddd