Contribution of Autonomous Surface Vessels to Distributed Lethality and Supporting Communications/Data Link Requirements
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Authors
Trask, David
Gallup, Shelley
Tanalega, John F.
Subjects
DUSV, ACTUV, Distributed Lethality, unmanned, autonomous, SEA HUNTER
Advisors
Date of Issue
2018-04
Date
Presented April 10-12, 2018
Period of Performance: 10/01/2017 through 09/30/2018
Period of Performance: 10/01/2017 through 09/30/2018
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Project Summary: The study built on work underway at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The ACTUV, christened SEA HUNTER, is an experimental autonomous unmanned vessel undergoing test and evaluation under the direction of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) in San Diego. The research used data from the ACTUV Missions Workshop (Feb 2017) to develop prospective mission sets, one of which addressed the use of ACTUV as a contributing force in a Distributed Lethality (DL) scenario. The employment options were modeled in Lightweight Interstitials Toolbox for Mission Engineering Using Simulation (LITMUS), and results were modified to achieve the best possible outcome. The work, mostly conducted by LT John Tanalega, USN, revealed autonomous systems, such as ACTUV, now designated by the Navy as the Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vessel (MDUSV), contribute significant value to the DL mission. Additionally, the analysis revealed the tactical actions, or "behaviors", necessary for unmanned systems, such as SEA HUNTER, to seamlessly join the fleet as a fully capable resource in tactical engagements. The systems necessary to sense, detect, inform, decide and then conduct the appropriate behavior were examined by a team of students from the Systems Engineering Department who provided a comprehensive report on their findings.
Type
Report
Description
NPS NRP Executive Summary
Series/Report No
Naval Research Program (NRP) Project Documents
Department
Organization
Naval Research Program (NRP)
Naval Research Program
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-18-N167-B
Sponsors
N96
Funder
NPS-18-N167-B
Format
4 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.