Conceptual Design of Future Undersea Unmanned Vehicle (UUV) System for Mine Disposal

Author

Kwang sub Song ; Chu, Peter C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Oceanogr., Naval Postgrad. Sch., Monterey, CA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar-14

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

51

Abstract

A conceptual design is proposed for an effective mine countermeasure (MCM) system, which consists of three unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and 10-20 small charged deliverable vehicles. New underwater optical communication systems are introduced to improve onboard mine reconnaissance and decision making with the key technologies focused on system and communication efficiency, capability of data processing, and cost-effectiveness of MCM systems. The proposed UUV MCM system is cost-effective due to adapting disposable mine neutralization instruments, upgrading data process units, and configuring optical communication systems between heterogeneous underwater and surface vehicle units in operations. At the same time, efficient and reliable underwater optical and electromagnetic wave communication systems are also introduced and analyzed for future system applications.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; decision making; military systems; underwater optical wireless communication; weapons; UUV MCM system; charged deliverable vehicles; conceptual design; decision making; disposable mine neutralization instruments; electromagnetic wave communication systems; future undersea unmanned vehicle system; mine countermeasure system; mine disposal; onboard mine reconnaissance; surface vehicle units; underwater optical communication systems; upgrading data process units; Data processing; Optical fiber communication; Sensor systems; Sonar navigation; Vehicles; Conceptual system design; mine disposal system; system effectiveness; unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8184

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSYST.2012.2210592

Filename

6290339