Applications of mid-mission acoustic retasking and SITREPS aboard an underway L3 Unmanned Maritime Systems Iver UUV network

Hunter C. Brown

doi:10.1117/12.2519902

30 April 2019 Applications of mid-mission acoustic retasking and SITREPS aboard an underway L3 Unmanned Maritime Systems Iver UUV network

Hunter C. Brown

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Proceedings Volume 11015, Open Architecture/Open Business Model Net-Centric Systems and Defense Transformation 2019; 110150D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519902
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

As high-density power supplies extend mission runtimes from hours to days, the use of heterogeneous UUVs to perform coordinated missions is growing quickly. Two decades ago, a single unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) might be deployed to conduct a survey, and recovered several hours later with or without data and be deemed a mostly successful day. As technology has advanced, though, what constitutes a successful day has changed dramatically. Man-portable UUVs are demonstrating runtimes in terms of days, while new sensor packages are recording environmental data in unprecedented fidelity. This paper explores the use of acoustic communications to increase operational efficiency in a variety of situations. Specifically, we discuss acoustic network applications in the form of the ability to perform message forwarding, vehicle-determined acoustic retasking, and the use of acoustic mid-mission updates sent to third-party listening stations for near-real-time review.

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Hunter C. Brown "Applications of mid-mission acoustic retasking and SITREPS aboard an underway L3 Unmanned Maritime Systems Iver UUV network", Proc. SPIE 11015, Open Architecture/Open Business Model Net-Centric Systems and Defense Transformation 2019, 110150D (30 April 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519902

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