Autonomous Maritime
Seaway Navigation System
Unmanned Sea Surface
Vehicles (USSV's) are crucial components in
enhancing the effectiveness of the battle force by
being rapidly configurable and deployable to carry
out a variety of potentially hazardous missions
without the cost or risk to life of sending a manned
vessel.
The use of autonomous USSVs will result in
the following benefits: 1) decreased operator
workload, 2) increased personnel safety due to operation without manual operators (especially for
hazardous and high sea state conditions), 3) robust
and stealthy and higher reliability operations
because of reduced communications requirements, and
4) enhanced operational range due to the on-board
obstacle avoidance system. |