Accession Number:

AD1023709

Title:

Limited Scope Design Study for Multi-Sensor Towbody

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Jul 2015,31 Jul 2016

Corporate Author:

University of Washington Seattle United States

Personal Author(s):

• Williams,Kevin
• McGinnis,Tim
• Miller,Vern
• Brand,Ben
• Light,Russ

Report Date:

2016-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

Munitions, left behind from past military training and weapons testing activities, are present in shallow water 50 m at thousands of current and former Department of Defense DoD sites encompassing millions of acres. This design study addresses the munitions remediation in shallow water problem with a system that uses a Multi-Sensor Towbody MuST and surface vessel with support infrastructure. The hardware and software systems on the surface vessel leverage relatively low-cost, commercial off-the-shelf COTS components and reduce the number and complexity of expensive in water components.

Descriptors:

• autonomous underwater vehicles
• inertial navigation systems
• global navigation satellite systems
• collision avoidance
• acoustic equipment
• seabed
• operating systems
• accuracy
• power supplies
• multisensors
• computer programs
• shallow water
• munitions

Subject Categories:

• Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE