Advanced sonar technologies for autonomous mine countermeasures

Author

Sternlicht, Daniel D. ; Fernandez, Jose E. ; Holtzapple, Richard ; Kucik, Daniel P. ; Montgomery, Thomas C. ; Loeffler, Charles M.

Author_Institution

Panama City Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The U.S. Office of Naval Research is developing synthetic aperture sonars for the detection, localization, and classification of mines, for protection of sea lines of communication and Naval operating areas, and for support of amphibious operations. This paper reviews several evolving mine countermeasures sonars deployed on autonomous undersea vehicles that operate stand-alone and in coordination with complementary sensors, including the Small Synthetic Aperture Minehunter (SSAM), the Autonomous Topographic & Large Area Survey (ATLAS) sonar, and the Buried Object Scanning Sonar (BOSS).

Keywords

sonar detection; synthetic aperture sonar; underwater vehicles; ATLAS; BOSS; SSAM; amphibious operations; autonomous mine countermeasures; autonomous undersea vehicles; buried object scanning sonar; small synthetic aperture minehunter; synthetic aperture sonars technologies; Apertures; Buried object detection; Educational institutions; Sensors; Synthetic aperture sonar; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2011

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1427-6

Type

conf

Filename

6107149