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Back CAVR Participation in Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Limited Objective Experiment (LOE)

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s) Horner, Douglas P.
Sponsor U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Navy)
Summary The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) proposes to operate an unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at the Naval Warfare Development Command (NWDC) Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) 2015 very shallow water (VSW) mine countermeasure (MCM) experiment under the following concept of operations: 1) The Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) will launch a SeaFox USV equipped with an Autonomous Topographic Large Area Survey (ATLAS) forward-looking sonar. The SeaFox will conduct an autonomous survey to detect and locate underwater mine-like objects while transmitting ATLAS sonar imagery to the JHSV via a WaveRelay wireless network. 2) Safety observers on the SeaFox or small support boat will launch a REMUS AUV to perform a detailed sidescan sonar survey of the seafloor. During this mission, the SeaFox will provide REMUS with target locations derived from ATLAS sonar maps via acoustic modem. 3) REMUS sidescan sonar data will be uploaded to the Mine Integrated Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids Library (MEDAL) system aboard the JHSV
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