Rapid Deployment and Extended Autonomy for Single and Multiple Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUVs) (Navy)
Abstract
The United States (U.S.) Navy will evaluate a module for autonomous mission planning that integrates the existing Common Operator Interface Navy (COIN) tool to permit adaptive mission execution with unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). In addition to demonstrating new behaviors and algorithms, including automated target recognition (ATR), the tool will be adapted to provide an open and modular interface for third-party autonomy algorithms that will support Navy's ongoing applications and produce competition for future capabilities. The effort aims to increase UUV mission capabilities through autonomy and provide an interface for application of existing Navy adaptive behaviors to improve fielding efforts. Efforts will produce an estimated 33% decrease in mine countermeasures (MCM) total mission time and a 33% decrease in human-caused pre-programming errors without degradation of system key performance parameters. Based on reported present capabilities and open integration model, the effort is also estimated to avoid Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Operations and Support costs worth over $2.000 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- ffaab75adfcb02bc776384e41c11ca17